King Felipe of Spain’s goddaughter, Cristina Escudero Márquez, married José San Martín in a storybook ceremony in Seville on September 19.
While the King does not appear to have been in attendance, there was no shortage of royal prestige in the air with Márquez herself the daughter of Pedro Escudero and Myrta Márquez de Baviera who is the goddaughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
For the big day, Cristina wore an emerald tiara that once belonged to Queen Isabella II of Spain. Isabella famously ascended to the throne at the age of just three to become the only monarch in Spain’s history. After abdicating and being sent into exile in France, Isabella lost most of her extravagant jewels but kept the tiara which was then a number of brooches. Following her death, the brooches were bought by Queen Maria Cristina and commissioned the official Royal jewellers to transform them into a tiara.
The tiara has since passed through the Spanish Royal family and was worn by both Cristina’s mother and aunt for their weddings in the 1990’s.
On the Royal front closer to home, Catherine, Princess of Wales, was recently spotted in a heart shaped amethyst necklace that has been seldom seen in public for nearly a century.
Attending the premiere of Tom Cruise’s new film, Digger, alongside Prince William, Catherine wore the necklace which originally belonged to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was gifted the piece in 1923 by Queen Alexandra for her wedding to George VI. It is also believed she wore it after Alexandra died in 1925. The only time it has been brought back into public view was by the now Queen Camilla for the premiere of Skyfall in 2012, creating a nice bit of symmetry in bringing out the necklace for film events. Though it was in her possession for decades, Queen Elizabeth II never wore the necklace in public.
A Royal necklace worth $4 million was also recently stolen from a museum in Austria.
The necklace, made by Van Cleef & Arpels, was commissioned in 1939 and worn by Queen Consort Nazli of Egypt during her daughter’s wedding to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who would become the last Shah of Iran.
The art deco, one of a kind platinum piece features more than 600 round and baguette cut diamonds in a sunburst motif and came with a matching tiara. The centre round diamond alone weighs six carats with the necklace featuring over 200 carats in total.
The necklace is considered one of the finest Van Cleef & Arpels ever created and was in the museum for an exhibition honouring the maison and their work over the last 200 years. Police are still looking for the suspects who took the necklace by simply smashing the glass cabinet it was held in and taking off with it.
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