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Can Princess Beatrice’s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, a decidedly intimate affair, really be the most royal ceremony of all? Jewelry experts have declared it so. And it could be because of the tiara.
Expert historian author (and Instagram user to follow) Vincent Meylan wrote the headdress story in a post on Sunday and preceded it with this: “Princess Beatrice of York’s secret wedding in Windsor yesterday turned out to be more real than all of them”. . “And Fred Leighton’s creative director and expert Rebecca Selva texted me with excitement and exclamation at the time the images were posted:” There could have been a more beautiful and royal family wedding! This wedding was about the family: celebrate love, honor the family and respect tradition, with great sensitivity and awareness of the times we are living!
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The question then becomes, when Queen Elizabeth herself chose Queen Mary’s marginal tiara for her granddaughter, a bride forced to curtail her long-awaited nuptials due to a pandemic exacerbated by an impending family scandal: did she choose Her Majesty with these intentions? ? Did the Queen know that a jewel with so much family history and provenance would indicate solidarity, strength and resistance? Of course she did. How could she not?
Her namesake, the Virgin Queen herself, used pearls for power. See Elizabeth I’s legendary Navy portrait fresh from her victory over an invading Spanish Navy, portrayed in the white pearl-laden portrait of wisdom and chastity. The pearls proved to be an effective and lasting signifier of her reign: she had been victorious at sea and was covered in treasures.
And anyone who doubts the Queen’s clever use of jewelry to control the narrative may recall that royal power is bestowed and sealed with a collection of jewelry. Almost all the rituals in the anointing of a sovereign are marked with gold or precious stones: the Coronation Ring placed on the fourth finger by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Orb of the Sovereign and the Scepter with the Cross.
The Orb, a gold sphere with diamonds, pearls and other precious stones and crowned with a gold cross, consecrates the role of Defender of the Faith. The scepter, symbolizing that the monarch has temporal authority under God, is set with the second largest diamond in the world. And at the end of the ceremony, the Imperial State Crown, a gem whose historical stones contain crowds, is placed on the monarch’s head. It is the jewelry, for lack of a better term, that seals the deal.
And we don’t even need to go that far back. In early April, at the height of the pandemic, Queen Elizabeth appeared on screen to calm the world and reassure her audience that they would truly “meet again” while wearing a queen and diamond brooch that belonged to the queen. Maria, who had seen the country. and the King through the horrors of the First World War. Also note: In legend, turquoise has been celebrated as a stone of healing, love and protection, used for centuries as an amulet and talisman, and is believed to increase leadership powers. Her Majesty wears the emerald version of the Vladimir tiara on official visits to Ireland and a maple leaf brooch for Canada.
Like any grandmother, she wanted to make sure that although Princess Beatrice’s weddings might be diminished due to circumstance, the bride herself, in a vintage dress made for the queen by designer Norman Hartnell, the designer behind the wedding dresses Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. – would not be. And she knew what a tiara could tell the world. Queen Mary Fringe’s tiara began as a necklace that Queen Victoria gave to Queen Mary, one of England’s most beloved queens and half of her most enduring and loving marriages. Mary, as it was her way, transformed it into a tiara and used it often. She was severe, but strong.
And it was this woman’s legacy that Queen Elizabeth herself chose for the Telegraph when she selected the Fringe to wear at her own wedding to Prince Philip in 1947. And yes, it broke the morning of (originally intended to be a necklace after of everything) but the crisis was avoided and the monarchy continued, like this royal marriage. The queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, also chose to wear it at her own wedding, a clear and direct line to the official love of her own parents. (Anne’s marriage to Captain Mark Phillips was not as lucky, but it doesn’t matter.)
And for Beatrice, on a wedding day that might have been small and where she couldn’t have been surrounded by a royal court or heads of state, still, thanks to her grandmother, she had a clearly established show of support and a brilliant connection to a series of lasting royal marriages, strong women and survival, despite everything.
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