In 1946, Princess Elizabeth launched the tanker British Princess for The Sapphire and Diamond Flower Brooch. In Its Silver Box, Presented To Princess Elizabeth As Memento….more history:
„British Princess“ Sapphire and Diamond Platinum Brooch Queen Elizabeth II| Sapphire Flower gift from builders, Sir James Laing and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Chrysanthemum Brooch| Royal Jewels Great Britain and Ireland
Royal gifts and presents to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
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Emerald and Diamond Bracelet|Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain| Royal Jewel History
The story behind the Royal Jewels of the Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne.
Rare emerald cross of 45 carats from Empress Eugenie of France | Queen Victoria | Princess Beatrice of Great Britain Battenberg| Queen Eugenia Victoria of Spain .
Carved from one single gem, the cross, named ‘The Andean cross’
Imperial Andean Emerald Cross –
The present to Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Princess of Civitella-Cesi, Doña Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa de Borbón y Battenberg; 22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002 was a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, wife of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.
Above with her youngest daughter she married Paul-Annick Weiller in1965.
The Andean Cross was sold in 1937 from the Princess Torlonia to bought by Mr Simon Patiño.
The family bought the emerald cross back probably in 1975, when Mrs Patino sold it to Van Cleef and Arpels.
Royal Spanien Smaragd Erbschaft
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Andean Cross famous history of an important emerald cross
