Next week, President Macron of France will honor our country with a state visit and of course that will include a banquet. So Tuesday is tiara time again. This blog will probably give you a taste. Which diadem are you hoping for? I’m going for the Peacock Tail or Emma’s diamond diadem.
The antique pearl diadem
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1. Marriage Haakon and Mette-Marit, August 2001. (simplified version)
2. Official visit of the Italian president, March 2003. (simplified version)
3. King Harald’s birthday, February 2007.
Photos: Albert Nieboer (PPE) and Norwegian Court
4. State visit to Sweden, April 2009.
5. Máxima’s fortieth birthday, May 2011.
6. State visit to China, March 2014.
7. Diplomats Dinner, April 2019.
Photos: RVD (Erwin Olaf) and PPE (Nieboer)
8. State visit to Austria, 2022.
The aquamarine diadem
1. State visit to Spain, October 2001.
2. State visit to Luxembourg, April 2006. (click here for a photo)
3. Wedding Albert and Charlène, July 2011.
4. Dinner Corps Diplomatique, April 2018.
5. State visit of President India, April 2022.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Diamond bandeau
1. Official visit to Canada, May 2005. (not in the photo)
2. Dinner Corps Diplomatique, May 2005. (not in the photo).
3. King Thailand’s government jubilee, June 2006.
4. State visit to Belgium, June 2006.
5. State visit to Germany, October 2007.
6. State visit to Chile, May 2009.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
7. Wedding of Princess Victoria and Daniël Westling, June 2010.
8. State visit to Germany, April 2011.
9. State visit to Turkey, April 2012.
10. State visit to Brunei, January 2013.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
11. Queen Beatrix’s farewell dinner, April 2013.
12. Official visit to Sweden, April 2014.
13. Danish Queen’s Birthday, April 2015.
14. State visit to Argentina, March 2017.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
15. Prince Frederik’s fiftieth birthday, May 2018.
16. State visit to Cape Verde, December 2018.
17. State visit to India, October 2019.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Sunburst diadem
1. Official visit of the President of Ukraine, June 2006. (not in the photo)
2. King Thailand’s government jubilee, June 2006.
Diamond star diadem
1. Wedding WA and Máxima, February 2002.
2. Wedding of Princess Märtha-Louise and Ari Behn, May 2003.
3. Wedding of Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson, May 2004.
4. Official visit of the President of Israel, October 2013.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf/RVD
Emerald diadem
1. Official visit to Australia, September 2006.
2. Visit Albert of Monaco, June 2014.
3. State visit to Portugal, October 2017.
4. State visit to Ireland, June 2019.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
5. State visit to Slovakia, March 7, 2023
Small pearl tiara
1. Official visit to Mexico, January 2003.
2. State visit to Switzerland, May 2004. (not in the photo)
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Festoon diadem
1. Diplomats dinner, May 2004. (not in the photo)
2. Official visit to Latvia, January 2005.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Rubies Mellerio
1. Swedish King’s Birthday, April 2006.
2. Jubilee of the Thai king’s reign, June 2006.
3. Marriage of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Stéphanie de Lannoy, October 2012.
4. State portrait of Queen Máxima, April 2013.
5. Diplomats Dinner, May 2014.
6. Wedding of Prince Carl-Philip and Sofia Hellqvist, June 2015.
7. Diplomats Dinner, May 2016.
8. State visit to Belgium, November 2016.
9. State visit to Italy, June 2017.
10. Intronization of Japanese Emperor, October 2019
11. Diplomats Dinner, 2022.
12. State visit to Greece, October 2022.
Peacock tail diadem
1. State visit to Sweden, April 2009.
2. State visit to Oman, January 2012.
3. State visit to Poland, June 2014.
4. State visit to Canada, May 2015.
5. State visit from Singapore, November 2018.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Emma’s diamond diadem
1. State visit to Qatar, March 2011.
2. State visit to New Zealand, November 2016.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Small sapphire diadem
1. Danish Queen’s Birthday, April 2010.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Sapphire inauguration diadem
1. Inauguration, April 2013.
2. State visit to Denmark, March 2015.
3. Norwegian King’s Birthday, May 2017.
4. State visit to Norway, November 2021.
5. State portrait, 2018.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Wilhelmina’s diamond hair comb
1. Wedding of Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, June 2010.
2. State visit to Singapore, January 2013.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
Stuart diadem
1. State visit to Luxembourg, May 2018.
2. State visit to the United Kingdom, October 2019.
3. State visit to Germany, July 2021.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
4. Ingrid Alexandra’s birthday party, June 2022.
5. State visit to Sweden, October 2022.
Photo: PPE/Pool/Katwijk
Württemberg Tiara
1. State visit to Japan, October 2014.
2. Diplomats Dinner, June 2015.
3. Diplomats Dinner, May 2017.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
4. State visit to Italy, November 9, 2022
The pearl button diadem
1. State visit to Brunei, January 2013.
Photos: PPE/Nieboer Werf
