With the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, there is no queen in the world today. But don't worry, there is still a "reserve" of European royal families - five crown princes occupy half of the European throne and are ready to see who has a chance to become the future royal fashion leader?
Yes, the future European monarchies will have five queens, several of which have changed their succession laws in line with the times, and will have the first queen in history. On the one hand, the call for gender equality has become louder and louder, and on the other hand, it is naturally because the queen pays more attention, especially in fashion, which has greatly stimulated the fashion industry, for example, everyone is chasing what Kate wears and what she wears, and few people pay attention to what William wears.
Therefore, the crown princes are actually very good in all aspects, but as a "fashionable melon eater", Sister Bazhu still has to take everyone to evaluate the jewelry taste of the five prospective queens horizontally!
Born in 1977, Princess Victoria, the oldest of the crown princes, has studied in France, the United States, and Sweden, and earned a bachelor's degree in peace and conflict studies from Uppsala University. She has also worked in several government offices and received basic military training in the Swedish Armed Forces.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden
Princess Victoria is 47 years old this year, so she has a lot of experience wearing tiaras. Traditionally, a princess wears a small tiara during a bar mitzvah ceremony to mark a new stage in her life and to make it easier for younger girls to navigate. So Victoria's first tiara was a birthday present she received at the age of 18, a small sapphire diamond tiara that her father had made for her.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a sapphire and diamond tiara
But to be honest, Victoria belongs to the more mature looks, and this small hairpin-like crown is not very suitable for her. She soon turned to other tiaras in the Swedish royal jewels' collection, the most fitting of which was The Swedish Four Button Tiara and The Swedish Six Button Tiara.
Swedish six-clad diamond tiara
The name of the tiara can be seen as "Button", and the similarity between the two tiaras is very high, this is due to the fact that both tiaras were assembled in the 20th century with antique "diamond buttons". It is said that these "diamond buttons" may have come from Karl XIV Johan, the founder of the Bernadotte dynasty, who was a field marshal under Napoleon and was elected king of Sweden and the founding monarch of the current Swedish royal family. He wore these "diamond buttons" on his coronation dress to show royal honor.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a four-clasp diamond tiara
The four-clasp tiara is a little larger, but the diamond frame underneath is single-layered, making it more youthful to wear. The six-clasped tiara has a rose flower that is more compact, with two layers of diamond frames underneath, for a more ornate style. Victoria is more likely to opt for a six-button tiara because she is a typical Scandinavian figure, with a large skeleton and a well-defined face, and a taller tiara that fits her face and figure better.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a six-clad diamond tiara
So although the Swedish royal family has a lot of tiaras, most of the styles she chooses to wear are this "tall" design. Generally speaking, this "high crown" would be more ornate, after all, the size is here, but she is very clever and deliberately avoids the luxury of the family jewelry in order to highlight the status of her mother, Queen Sylvia. Most of the choices are "empty" designs, such as her two personal favourite tiaras, the Connaught diamond tiara and the Boucheron laurel wreath tiara, both in this style.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a Connaught diamond tiara
Interestingly, both tiaras come from Princess Margaret of England, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who married the future King of Sweden, Gustav VI Adolf, and the two were very affectionate. But she died of illness and did not ascend to the throne of the queen, and the two tiaras were left to her two sons.
The eldest son, the future Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, was given the Connaught diamond tiara, which was later worn by his wife, Princess Sibylla. This tiara, with drop diamonds hanging from a diamond frame, was one of the wedding gifts given to her by Princess Margaret's father, Duke Connaught, and was made by E. Wolff & Co. in 1904.
Princess Margaret of Connaught wears the Connaught diamond tiara and the Boucheron laurel wreath tiara in the form of a necklace
Princess Sibylla also had a hard time, her husband died before he could ascend the throne, and her four-year-old son became the crown prince. She could have become the queen mother, but she died before her son Carl XVI Gustav succeeded to the throne, so her title has always been that of princess.
The Connaught diamond tiara was left to her son, Carl XVI Gustaf, and was not part of the Swedish Royal Jewellery Foundation, but belonged to him personally, and his wife, Queen Sylvia, often wore it in her youth. This tiara has been borrowed by many Swedish princesses, but Princess Victoria has been wearing it regularly since 2005.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a Connaught diamond tiara
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears a Connaught diamond tiara
Another Maison Boucheron laurel wreath tiara is now the personal property of Princess Victoria. Margaret wore the tiara as a necklace back then, probably because it was smaller and more delicate than the Connaught diamond tiara. Later, she left the crown to her third son, Prince Berthier (because the second son gave up his royal status in order to marry a commoner lover, and he didn't need the crown), although Prince Berthier also fell in love with a commoner girl, but both of them were able to wait, and finally this Lillian still wore the crown and became a princess, and left the crown to Princess Victoria after her death.
Princess Victoria, Crown Prince of Sweden, wears the Maison Boucheron laurel wreath tiara
The tiara looks small when worn as a necklace, but it looks dignified and elegant when placed on the frame of the tiara. Because it is a double-layered frame with a large pear-shaped diamond hanging in the middle, the space in the two-tiered laurel wreath elevates the height of the tiara, elegant without being overly ornate, just right for Victoria's face shape and identity.
Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth was born in 2001 and would become Belgium's first-ever queen if she succeeds to the throne as scheduled. She studied history and politics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and speaks Dutch, French, German, English and Chinese. The young Princess Elizabeth has already unlocked two tiaras, which are mainly required for important occasions such as birthday celebrations or weddings of crown princes of other countries.
Princess Estelle of Sweden, Crown Prince Ingrid of Norway, Crown Prince Christian of Denmark, Crown Prince Catalina of the Netherlands, Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium and her father
Princess Elizabeth's first tiara was the Wolfers necklace tiara, which you can tell by the name is a dual-purpose piece of jewelry. Created in 1960 by jeweller Wolfs with 205 diamonds, it was purchased by wealthy Belgian merchants as a wedding gift to Countess Fabiola of Spain, Queen Baudouin I.
Queen Fabiola of Belgium wears a Wolfers necklace
Queen Fabiola of Belgium wears a Wolfers necklace tiara
Queen Fabiola loved the jewel and wore it as a necklace in her youth, which later became her main tiara until her death, leaving it to Queen Mathilde. The jewel is easy to handle and small and lightweight, but the dense set of diamonds makes it so gorgeous and brilliant that Queen Mathilde loved it.
Later, when Crown Princess Elizabeth grew up, Queen Mathilde lent her the tiara to wear, and she wore the Wolfers necklace tiara to the 18th birthday dinner of Prince Christian of Denmark.
Princess Elisabeth, Crown Prince of Belgium, wears a Wolfers necklace tiara
Elizabeth's other tiara was a gift for her 18th birthday, and the official source was not revealed, only that it was an antique tiara that was specially purchased. But some royal experts have unearthed that the tiara is almost identical to a pearl and diamond tiara owned by the Russian Tsar Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. That tiara was made by Fabergé Fabergé in 1897 as a Christmas gift from Tsar Nicholas II to the Empress.
Vesti tiara
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Baroness Vesty Evelyn Broadstone Princess Elisabeth of Belgium wearing the Visty tiara
After the fall of the Romanov dynasty, the tiara disappeared until 1925, when the first Baroness of Visday, Evelyn Brodstone, wore it and became a family heirloom of the Vesday family. Time has passed, and it is unknown when (and possibly when the inheritance tax will be paid), but the tiara was pocketed by the Belgian royal family, and Elizabeth wore it to the 18th birthday celebration of Princess Ingrid Alexandra, the crown prince of Norway.
Princess Elizabeth attends the 18th birthday celebration of Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Prince of Norway
Princess Elisabeth, Crown Prince of Belgium, wears the Visty tiara
Since Belgium only declared independence from the Netherlands in 1830, the royal family has only been passed down for seven generations, so the collection of royal jewels is relatively limited, and Elizabeth is too young to hold a tiara. But her jewelry taste should not be underestimated, because she always has a very unique choice of personality for earrings, which makes people feel that this highness is not only an elegant princess, but also the heir to the throne of a country.
Princess Elisabeth, Crown Prince of Belgium
Elizabeth has a very good taste in fashion, can easily control high-purity colors, and is good at breaking the balance with large statement earrings to create the finishing touch to the overall look.
Princess Elisabeth, Crown Prince of Belgium
She favors modern, powerful designs, eclectic shapes, and rich textures in materials, which can be seen in earrings to feel her quest to break the tradition.
Princess Elisabeth, Crown Prince of Belgium
Born in 2003, Crown Princess Catherine Amalia of the Netherlands has been criticized by the public since she was a child because of her figure, but she is actually very good-looking. She has always wanted to leave her royal status and integrate into the lives of ordinary people, applying for regular accommodation when she was a student at the University of Amsterdam, and refusing the government's $1.8 million annual pension for the crown prince, believing that she did not pay for it, so she is still very popular among the people.
The Crown Prince of the Netherlands and the King and Queen of the Netherlands
She's unlocked a few tiaras now, but it's always hard to put it into words. I don't know why she always wears a crown with a triangular composition, the too small shape and her temperament and face shape are very incompatible, obviously when she was a child, she wore a mother's crown casually when she played, and she was very aesthetically online!
Princess Catherine Amalia, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, tried on her mother's ruby tiara as a child
For example, the ruby peacock tiara she wears, commissioned by Queen Wilhelmina in 1897, is quite ornate in style, inspired by the peacock's opening screen, inlaid with large rubies, but the overall triangular composition gives the tiara a sense of rising and shrinking, which looks very incongruous with Catherina Amalia's low bun.
Princess Catherine Amalia, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, wears a ruby peacock tiara
The other diamond star tiara is reconstructed from Queen Sophie's diamond star brooch, but it has the same problem, it is still very small, but this tiara may have a bit of a problem with the design, the bottom circumference is small, and the decorations on it are too clustered. Queen Máxima also chose this tiara for her wedding, and after wearing it, she felt that her whole head was rectangular, and there was no elegant and romantic feeling at all.
Princess Catherine Amalia, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, wears a crown of diamond stars
Queen Máxima wore a diamond star tiara when she got married
In fact, Catherina Amalia is very beautiful when she wears a traditional tiara, not necessarily a lot of gorgeousness, for example, she wears a Dutch sapphire necklace tiara. The tiara is the result of a reorganization of two sapphire necklaces by Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Emma, with a strong sense of order in the Gothic style, although not very tall and large, but very compatible with Catherina Amalia.
Princess Catherine Amalia, Crown Prince of the Netherlands, wears a sapphire necklace tiara
In fact, as long as it is not a triangular tiara, it feels like Catherina Amalia can handle it, and even a more relaxed design, such as an aquamarine tiara or an antique pearl tiara, are small but scattered designs, which can effectively modify the face shape of the crown prince. The Crown Prince is highly recommended to try on these two small tiaras of Queen Máxima.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wears an antique pearl tiara
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wears an aquamarine tiara
Born in 2004, Crown Prince Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is second in line to the throne after her father, Crown Prince Haakon, but because of her grandfather's advanced age and her mother's health, many people are calling for the Norwegian king to pass the throne directly to the princess. In fact, Ingrid Alexandra has begun to take on some public affairs in place of her mother, and more of a royal family member appears in public.
Christmas photo of the Norwegian royal family
Ingrid Alexandra grew up as an elegant princess, dressed in a style similar to that of royal icon Princess Kate, who liked to wear simple suits with small jewelry, understated but full of delicate details.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Prince of Norway
Maybe the aesthetics of both of them are classical, so even the choice of dress is the kind of design that is a bit fairy. And Ingrid Alexandra also likes long earrings, but unlike the Belgian crown prince's personality choice, she always chooses very elegant and gentle designs.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Prince of Norway
In daily life, this young princess is also like Kate, like the design of light-colored ladylike style, with one or two delicate small jewelry, there is no feeling of holding it at all, anyone can copy it at will, and it is a very elegant style that is close to the people.
On Princess Ingrid Alexandra's 18th birthday, she received her first tiara, the Maison Boucheron Pearl Hoop Tiara, in accordance with royal tradition. The tiara was exhibited by Boucheron at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and was bought by Prince Karl of Sweden as a gift to his wife, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, who loved it so much that she wore it regularly until her death. Later, the crown was passed down to Ingelberg's granddaughter, Princess Raghhild of Norway, the sister of the current King Harald V of Norway.
The Maison Boucheron crown with pearl hoops
Before her death, Princess Raghheard hoped that the tiara would return to the royal family and be worn by Crown Prince Ingrid Alexandra, so on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, she received this precious gift and wore blessings from her elders. It's also the first tiara she's unlocked so far.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Prince of Norway
The Norwegian royal family's collection of jewels owes a lot of money to two queens: Queen Martha, who inherited a lot of jewelry from her mother, Princess Ingelberg, and Queen Maud, who inherited a lot of jewelry from her mother, Queen Alexandra.
However, many of the ornate tiaras are worn by the current queen of Norway, Sonya, and they are all too large for the young Ingrid Alexandra to handle. Instead, she could be expected to wear the small tiaras that her mother, Crown Princess Mette Maritt, often wore, such as Queen Maude's pearl tiara, diamond daisy tiara, amethyst necklace tiara or Vifte tiara.
Crown Princess Mette Marit wears four tiaras
Princess Leonor, Crown Prince of Spain, is the youngest of the five crown princes in Europe today, born in 2005 and the eldest daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. But unlike the other four crown princesses, she is not the legal heir, as Spanish inheritance law still enforces a male-preferential primogeniture. She is a presumptive heir, but given that her parents are over half a hundred years old, the probability of having another baby is already very small, so the princess is expected to become the first Spanish queen since the reign of Isabella II in the mid-19th century.
Princess Leonor, Crown Prince of Spain
Not to mention anything else, Princess Leonor can be described as the "beauty responsible" among the five, she has been beautiful since she was a child, and she is not inferior to Hollywood child stars. It is estimated that because of the good genes of his parents, Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia must be among the best in the royal family.
The young princess has always appeared in public as a lively girl, and her favored jewelry is a variety of delicate little stud earrings. The small and delicate design is very suitable for her current temperament, girl, who doesn't like to dress up delicately and cute?
Princess Leonor, Crown Prince of Spain
But the naïve princess will eventually take on heavy responsibilities, starting from 2023, Princess Leonor will begin to enter the army for military training and begin to take on royal affairs.
On October 31, 2023, Princess Leonor's 18th birthday took a solemn oath in Madrid, Spain, where she swore an oath to the Spanish Constitution before Parliament and was awarded the Royal Order of Distinguished Spanish Medal by Charles III. "From today onwards I will always be at the service of all Spaniards with respect and loyalty," she said. ”
Princess Leonor, Crown Prince of Spain
But so far, she has not appeared in a crown, and the melon-eating crowd has the opportunity to choose the first tiara suitable for Princess Leonor, and the jewelry of the Spanish royal family is still quite interesting. Miss Barzhu would have made a bold guess – the Spanish Floral Tiara was a good choice, and this tiara was made in 1879 by the British jewellery company JP Collins, which is a versatile piece of jewellery that can be worn as a necklace and a series of brooches, making it one of the smallest tiaras in the Spanish jewellery collection.
Queen Letizia wears a Spanish floral tiara
Another suitable for the young crown prince may be the Queen Mother Sophia's private collection, the Mellerio shell tiara. Because the tiara, made in 1867, was personally purchased by the previous Queen Isabella II of Spain, from the ancient royal jeweller Mellerio dits Meller, and designed by the master Oscar Massin herself. Almost every Spanish princess has worn this tiara, and this relatively light and lively design is also very suitable for Princess Leonor's temperament.
Mellerio 贝壳冠冕
Who are the five crown princes you are most optimistic about?Who will become the next generation of trend-setting royal family?The princess voted for will become the next focus of Sister Bazhu, and you will be able to watch her jewelry outfits at any time.
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