Wednesday, May 20, 2009

a treasure trove of gifts to Ingrid

May 20, 1935

Princess Ingrid of Sweden has received a dazzling array of wedding gifts, according to the Associated Press. The Princess, who is the daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and the late Princess Margaret of Connaught, will marry Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark on May 24.
She received from her grandfather, King Gustav V, a seventeenth century diamond and pearl brooch that had once belonged to Frederick the Great. The brooch had been worn by "all the queens of Prussia." Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf's gift to his daughter was a "modern platinum brooch with 238 brilliants and 444 rose diamonds."
Crown Prince Frederik has arrived in Sweden to join his fiancee for a series of lunches, dinners and gala events leading to their wedding.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I hope that this comment is in order.

I remember seeing a beautiful photograph of Queen Ingrid of Denmark with all of her then grandchildren. Queen Ingrid was holding her then youngest grandchild Nathalie. So the photograph must have been taken in 1975/1976 A nice, informal photograph taken as Queen Ingrid stood at double doors going outdoors. All the other grandchildren were seated or standing alongside the wall adjacent to the double doors.

They were probably Queen Ingrid's "greatest gifts".