Mention of the "jewelry representative" of the Spanish royal family can make people think of the old queen Sophia. As the eldest daughter of Greek King Paul I and Queen Frederic, she has a deep-rooted love for jewelry since she was a child. After marriage, she often touched the ancestral jewels of the Spanish royal family. Even at the age of 80, she reduced her royal duties and had little chance to wear a crown. But when she appeared in public, she could still see all kinds of gold and silver jewelry hanging on her fingers, wrists and neck.
Compared with Queen Sofia, her daughter-in-law Queen letizia is much more "simple". In the early years, because of the Spanish economic crisis, the royal family rarely wore necklaces in order to set an example. My own wedding ring was bought by my second brother-in-law, and she seldom wore it after her accident. Most of the earrings she wears everyday are cheap Spanish brands, so that she is often overlooked. She is also a queen with a "jewelry box".
In addition to the ancestral crown, bracelet, necklace and earrings she bought over the years, she also has a category that is easily overlooked-brooch.
It stands to reason that she is now the queen of Spain. The Spanish royal family has deposited jewels for so many years, and she can wear them whenever she wants and change them whenever she wants, but the most representative brooch she wears most often is a "new product" or an accessory on the crown of a small iris.
In 2009, Ansorena, a Spanish royal jeweler, made a crown with an iris in the middle, which is a symbol of the Spanish royal family. At that time, Ansorena showed it to the then Spanish Crown Prince Felipe. Felipe immediately expressed her love and negotiated to buy a gift for his wife letizia's fifth wedding anniversary.
After receiving the crown, letizia only wore it once at Queen Margaret's birthday party in Denmark, and the rest of the time took off the iris in the middle as a brooch. Over time, this brooch has become an iconic brooch in letizia.
A brooch, realistically speaking, is a pin with a unique shape, and its greatest function is to fix the ribbon.
Before 2009, when attending a reception dinner, her ribbon was bare and nothing else. It was stabilized by the weight of the star, and occasionally there were some strange "brooches" that were easily overlooked.
For example, she wore this pin many times when she was a princess, and every time I felt that it was just a simple, plain and unsightly pin, just like the one I used when I was a child.
Until one day I enlarged it, huh? What are these points? It turned out that I was too young. I don't rule out buying this pin myself. It has appeared less in recent years. As a brooch, its shape is quite unique and recognizable, but it does not conform to the identity of the queen. Princesses can try it on.
There is little information about this pin, some think it is a broken diamond, some think it may be a bargain, it doesn't matter ~
Besides earrings and necklaces, Queen Sophia borrowed several brooches. For example, this diamond brooch looks "quite big". letizia borrowed it once when she was a princess of the Crown Prince, and borrowed it again when she attended Guardian Day in Britain.
Both times are paired with white clothes, which may be better with dark clothes or used to tie ribbons.
In her early years, she was a princess of the Crown Prince. It rains red from time to time, and she is still wearing a full set of jewelry. For example, at the reception of a state visit in the early years, she wore a set, which should be a diamond+ruby or something ~ or a gift from her mother-in-law Queen Sofia. Necklaces and brooches rarely appear in the mirror. She wears them on the back of the bracelet several times. Don't rule out the possibility that her mother-in-law gave it to her.
Queen Sofia has a lot of jewels, and this two sets are not bad. Maybe you'll say that letizia and Sophia have such a relationship. Besides, Sophia has two daughters, so it is impossible to decide to send a certain piece of jewelry to letizia so early. Then the next one is the real "gift from letizia".
During her working visit to Dominica in 20 18, the then First Lady of Dominica gave her a set of jewelry, which consisted of a bee brooch and a pair of bee earrings.
When I visited Argentina, letizia wore it once. With Zara orange suit, the effect was different, but the ceremony was light and affectionate ~
Perhaps these items are still a long way from "luxury", and she has also passed through high-cold brands. For example, this Van Cleef & Arpels dragonfly brooch is composed of rubies, diamonds and platinum, and its source is unknown. I wore it twice when I participated in day business in my early years.
This royal circle has the same pattern, and there should be a pair of Duke of Cornwall's wife Camilla.
When I attended Queen Margaret's birthday party in Denmark, I brought my own little iris crown and a diamond brooch, which smacked of decorative art and the source was not clear.
She has worn this one many times. Even at the state banquet on 20 17, she seldom used a pair of brooches to match Carlos III's ribbon. Although Lorenzo's dress is a little ugly, the jewelry is still shining and lovely ~
As early as when she was Felipe's fiancee, she wore a ruby diamond brooch at the wedding of the Crown Prince of Denmark. At that time, it was matched with Queen Sofia's diamond cherry earrings, but the brooch came from another person-Felipe's grandmother, Maria, Countess of Barcelona.
This brooch is a wedding gift from Prince Juan to his wife Maria. Grandma had already left when letizia came in. She has only worn this brooch once, which is actually quite nice ~
Maria, Countess of Barcelona, was two Sicilian princesses before marriage, and she also loved jewelry. Besides the ruby brooch, she also left a diamond and pearl brooch for the Spanish royal family.
The first owner of this brooch was Alfonso XII's wife, Spanish Queen Maria Cristina.
Maria left this brooch to her daughter-in-law, Queen Edna. When his son Juan got married, he gave this brooch to his daughter-in-law Maria as a wedding gift and passed it on to Sophia from generation to generation. Letizia wore it once on National Day a few years ago.
The style is also a royal explosion. A pearl is surrounded by 12 diamonds, and then a slightly larger diamond is connected to a drop-shaped pearl. Pendants can also be detached and worn alone. This brooch is one of the oldest brooches of the Spanish royal family, with a history of 100 years ~
Another pearl brooch looks similar in shape to the last one, from Queen Einar. Because there is a gray pearl in the middle, it is more precious. Ena also fixed this brooch to be worn only by the Queen.
Gray pearls are wrapped in two rings of diamonds, plus a detachable pendant. She only wore this once in the military ceremony of Epiphany in 20 19. The more you look at it, the more attractive it is ~
Although compared with earrings and necklaces, there are not many opportunities and occasions to wear brooches in the future, I believe that jewelry has the same meaning to every woman.
You don't need fancy styles, expensive gems, pearl brooches, bow brooches, flower brooches, or a unique pin. It is a kind of happiness, a kind of friendship, a kind of commemoration, a kind of inheritance, a kind of self-appreciation today and a kind of precipitation tomorrow.
Erase the traces of dusty years, and may this "flower in my heart" last forever.
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