Mary of Denmark completely reinvents her role and shows the public things that have never been seen before The process of making a tiara, often shrouded in mystery, is rarely witnessed, and even if its recipient is a queen, Frederick’s wife. Queen Mary, as sovereign consort, accessed the Crown Jewels housed at Rosenberg Castle last January and decided Transform a famous diamond set into a spectacular tiarawhich he tries himself with an informal bun in the presence of artisans who are following his instructions for this transformation. In 2024, the Danish Royal House added a new jewel to its royal treasury: what is now known as the Rosenstone Diadem was born.
© detdanskekongehusAs seen in a video shared by the Danish Royal House and Rosenberg Castle itself, which is located in the city of Copenhagen and can be visited as part of the Danish tradition that Queen Mary preserves, the appearance is the most informal. He met the jeweler Mathias Hasbo Dinesen, who presented him with several proposals and sketches, When one of its artisans assembles the set known as Rosentenset Or the pink stone, so called because of its shape, like a rose bud, and not because of its color, since the “pink stone” was cut in the ancient way of historical diamonds, which was used until the brilliant development. Cut in the second half of the 19th century.
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© KongehusetNew headband type designed bandeau: a row of diamonds placed in the hair, with the special design given to them in 1840, for historical reasons and to protect the tradition, the back of the diamonds will be closed, so it will not be visible from the back of the diamond, as is usually the case in headbands, and thus a more brilliant and shiny effect is achieved.
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© detdanskekongehusThis rose-shaped diamond came from the unmarried sister of Christian VI of Denmark, Princess Charlotte Amalie (1706-1782), who wanted it to be part of her collection, as was her sister-in-law, Queen Consort Sophia Magdalene (1700-1770). of the crown So during that reign a will was made stating that his jewels were not to be handed over to certain persons, but They shall always be at the Queen’s disposal in matters of countryClaiming that “there are very few jewels in this Royal House and (so far) no crown jewels.”
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© detdanskekongehusThus a collection of hairpins, diamond and pearl necklaces was left which in 1840 Christian VIII Queen Carolina Amalia made them, adding new precious stones and according to the fashion of the time. This is how they came out quatThe most well-known and valuable set that forms the Danish Crown Jewels, Including the emerald set that was a favorite of Queen Margaret and already worn by Queen Mary. So the set itself dates from the 1840s as a long chain, which could be split and which closed around a corsage or breast brooch. As the Danish Royal House explains, the first queen to wear this set was the wife of King Frederik VIII of Denmark between 1906 and 1912, who wore a long diamond chain as a belt over the corset. Queen Margaret rarely wore it in her wardrobe, but she did like to wear the brooch on occasion.
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© detdanskekongehusPresumably this new tiara, the Rosenstone 2024 Diadem, is subject to the same restrictions as the rest of the Crown Jewels, which are made with stones belonging to that treasure. So we must remember that this tiara can only be worn by an active queen and she cannot leave the country, so it will be reserved for events of the most institutional relevance, but always within Danish borders.
© KongernessamlingIt has been a tradition in the Danish Royal House, and in almost all of them, that jewels are remade to suit the needs or physique of the Queen who wears them, or simply to modernize them to the taste of the times. It’s common to change even the frame closures, since each queen’s head shape is different and the way it distributes weight along its tread is different. They can be adapted to a greater or lesser height, by adding pieces or transforming the stones into other decorations.
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© GTRESQueen Mary, as princess, had the current leaf tiara her husband had inherited from her grandmother, Queen Ingrid, remade, with less volume at the height and sides, so that she received a series of additional brooches, which she had worn on the day of Frederick’s proclamation. Beautiful, as it was a small and very simple piece, as Queen Margaret was taught what had happened to the tiara she gave to her first son, Prince Joachim. Lost after the divorce, this is a chapter that has gone down in history as the “war of diamonds.”
