Just wonderful research Kat max and I have seen this picture before but never noticed the Stars. Who is the lady to Duchess Edinburgh's left and can anyone say anything about her jewels especially her tiara?
Regards,
Dave.
I assume you are referring to the 1896 coronation photo. Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh is in the middle. Her daughters are on either side of her. On the left is Marie, later Queen of Roumania on her right is Victoria Melita, later Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia. At the time this photo was taken she was married to Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine so she is wearing jewels from the House of Hesse.
The Hesse jewels were stolen in 1945 by American army officers much to the embarrassment of the American army many of them were taken apart and destroyed to fence them as loose diamonds and gold.
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