Queen Anne-Marie of Greece’s most extravagant tiaras and jewellery, from Cartier’s Khedive of Egypt Tiara to the Antique Corsage Tiara – also worn by Princess Marie-Chantal at her wedding

Dec 16 , 2021

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece wearing the Greek Emerald Parure Tiara. Photo: Getty Images

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece has a list of relatives that reads like a “who’s who” of European royals. Married to King Constantine II of Greece, she is the youngest daughter of King Frederik IX of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden; sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; cousin to kings of Sweden, Norway and Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh of the UK; and sister-in-law to Queen Sofia of Spain.

Although the Greek royal family has been living in exile in the UK since 1973, the queen’s status leads to many glittering gatherings with her royal relatives, and she always appears radiant with her magnificent tiaras and parures.

Read on to learn more about some of her most stunning jewels ...

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece at the Christiansborg Palace wearing the Greek Ruby Tiara in 2004. Photo: Getty Images

The Greek Ruby Tiara and Parure

The Greek Ruby Tiara and Parure have a remarkably romantic story. The pigeon blood rubies in the pieces originate from Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851-1926, also the queen consort of Greece), who received one ruby annually from her husband, King George I of Greece, to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Eventually the rubies were mounted onto a tiara with a distinctive laurel wreath design emblematic of ancient Greece, a necklace of ruby and diamond clusters of flexible length with detachable pendants, earrings and brooches. As a symbol of the continuation of royal romance, Queen Anne-Marie received the Greek Ruby Tiara and jewellery set as wedding gifts from her mother-in-law, Queen Frederika of Greece, in 1964.

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The Greek Emerald Parure Tiara

Considered by many as the grandest of Greek royal jewellery, the Greek Emerald Parure Tiara is a favourite of Queen Anne-Marie, who often wears it to important royal engagements.

All the cabochon emeralds used to belong to Olga Constantinovna of Russia. The magnificent tiara features a unique mirrored “E” design in a diamond-encrusted scroll frame and is set with seven round cabochon emeralds.

Along with the tiara, the parure consists of pearl-drop emerald earrings and a corsage brooch with detachable pearl-drop emeralds, among other pieces. It can be worn in many variations and combinations.

The Khedive of Egypt Tiara

The Khedive of Egypt Tiara, a diamond wreath scroll tiara crafted by Cartier, was worn by Queen Anne-Marie on her wedding day in 1964. It was originally a wedding gift for Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the UK) when she married Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1905.

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It’s said that the couple first met in Egypt where their romance blossomed. For their wedding, the Khedive of Egypt (the governor of the country when it was ruled by the UK) commissioned Cartier to make this tiara, according to The Court Jeweller.

The Antique Corsage Tiara

The Antique Corsage Tiara is of a dainty design mounted with diamonds and pearls. Queen Anne-Marie received this tiara for her 18th birthday from her mother, Queen Ingrid of Denmark.

Originally a jewel-encrusted corsage brooch that can be traced back to Queen Victoria of Sweden (1862-1930), Queen Ingrid inherited it and transformed it into a tiara.

The piece has been popular with the princesses of the Greek royal family: Crown Princess Marie-Chantal, Princess Tatiana and Princess Nina all chose to wear it for their weddings, reports The Court Jeweller.

Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Sautoir

A rather versatile piece of jewellery, Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Sautoir, belonging to Queen Anne-Marie, is actually one half of a long diamond-set necklace. The owner of the original sautoir, or long necklace was Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879-1952), the grandmother of Queen Anne-Marie.

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Featuring a variety of diamond links, the sautoir was acquired by Queen Alexandrine in the 1920s and she wore it in the fashionable style of the era. The sautoir was made to be worn in various lengths and could be broken up for use as a shorter necklace and bracelets.

It was divided into two necklaces, which were eventually inherited by Queen Anne-Marie and her other sister Princess Benedikte of Denmark. Queen Anne-Marie has been seen pairing the sautoir with diamond and pearl drop earrings and an elegant diamond brooch.

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Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, who is related to other European royals like Britain’s Prince Philip and Queen Sofia of Spain, has a truly historic tiara collection
The Greek Emerald Parure Tiara – known as the grandest of Greek royal jewellery – drips with diamonds, while pigeon-blood rubies glitter in the Greek Ruby Tiara and Parure