The Dutch Aquamarine Parure Tiara was given to the future Queen Juliana in 1927 as a birthday present from her parents, Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. The tiara consists of pear-shaped briolette and square-cut Brazilian aquamarines and diamonds. It was made by van Kempen, Begeer and Vos Jewellers. Embed from Getty Images The tiara has [read more]
The Stuart Tiara is perhaps the Dutch royal family’s showstopper. Its central diamond is almost a whopping 40 carats. The central diamond is called The Stuart Diamond, and its first recorded owner was Queen Mary II of England, who reigned jointly with her husband, King William III, also Prince of Orange. Mary purchased the diamond [read more]
The Dutch Star Tiara was worn by Máxima Zorreguieta as she married the future King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002. Embed from Getty Images She put together two separate pieces to create a new tiara. The base of the tiara came from the Pearl Button Tiara, and five diamond stars, which belonged to Queen [read more]
The Dutch Sapphire Parure Tiara consists of 655 brilliants and 32 sapphires and made perhaps its most famous outing on the head of Queen Maxima during the inauguration of her husband, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Embed from Getty Images The largest sapphire has an intersection of 2 centimetres and consists of 44 carats, and [read more]
Queen Máxima received Matthijs van Nieuwkerk at her home at Huis ten Bosch Palace for an interview for her 50th birthday. The interview took place in her office at the Palace and was broadcast on the evening of her birthday. The interviewer brought her a present of a book of poetry, and Queen Máxima indulged [read more]
Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti was born on 17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta (a government official and advisor) and María del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta. The Queen’s maiden last names follow Spanish naming customs where the child takes their father’s last name (Zorreguieta) and their mother’s last name (Cerruti). In most [read more]
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