Next week, Queen Margrethe of Denmark will celebrate her 80th Birthday and while the big celebrations to mark the day have been cancelled, we are still continuing with our series on her Top 8 Jewels to mark her 80th Birthday, continuing with Queen Margrethe’s Antique Turquoise Parure

An extensive parure, featuring a Turquoise and Diamond Daisy Bandeau Tiara, multiple pairs of earrings, and a plethora of versatile brooches in different styles, the jewels are thought to come from Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, possibly entering the Swedish Royal Vaults through her great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Queen Victoria, or through her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Margareta, who was a great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Catherine the Great through her mother. A large Turquoise surrounded by four large diamonds was a wedding gift to Crown Princess Margareta from the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

Crown Princess Margareta’s only daughter, Princess Ingrid, inherited the Parure after her mother’s untimely death in 1920, and wore it at her first Swedish State Opening of Parliament in 1928.

Princess Ingrid had loaned the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau to her cousin, the future Crown Princess Martha of Norway, for her sister, Queen Astrid of Belgium’s, Wedding in 1926.

The Antique Turquoise Parure went with Princess Ingrid to Denmark when she married the future King Frederik IX, and while not frequently worn, the Parure, specifically the Daisy Bandeau, was often loaned to relatives, including Madeleine Tengbom, the grandmother-in-law of her daughter Princess Benedikte, her niece, Princess Desiree of Sweden, and her granddaughter, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

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However, Queen Ingrid did wear the Turquoise Brooches on a handful of occasions throughout the 1960s.

From the 1960s, Queen Ingrid frequently loaned pieces of the Turquoise Parure, including the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau, to her elder daughter, Crown Princess Margrethe, most notably worn for the Wedding Ball of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece in 1962.

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The entire antique Turquoise Parure was inherited by Queen Margrethe in 2000, and she has fully taken advantage of the versatile qualities of the jewels. While the smaller brooches are often worn on their own, the Stomacher has been worn separately, as a pendant, and as brooches in various configurations.

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In 2012, Queen Margrethe loaned the the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau to her niece, Princess Theodora of Greece, for Queen Margrethe’s Ruby Jubilee Gala in 2012.

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The Turquoise Daisy Bandeau has been a frequently worn choice in recent years, a lighter option as Queen Margrethe grows older, and suitable for less smaller banquets. The Antique Turquoise Parure has also been frequently paired with Queen Margrethe’s extensive collection of Modern Turquoises, and there is no doubt we will continue to see it for years to come.

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In 2022, Queen Margrethe gave pieces, the Earrings and Corsage Brooch, of the Antique Turquoise Parure to Crown Princess Mary for her 50th Birthday, with the earrings being debuted for the Confirmation of Princess Isabella of Denmark in 2022.

The Earrings and Brooch were worn by Crown Princess Mary for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

More recently, Crown Princess Mary wore the the Turquoise Earrings for King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee Gala at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre.

Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara

Danish Emerald Parure

Baden Palmette Tiara

Danish Crown Diamond Parure

The Danish Ruby Parure

Khedive of Egypt Tiara

Antique Diamond Parure

Antique Turquoise Parure

Daisy Brooch

Crown Pearl and Ruby Parure

Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure

Floral Bracelet Choker

Ruby Horseshoe Brooch

Queen Margrethe’s Engagement Ring

Connaught Pearl Brooch

Queen Josefina’s Diamond Brooches

Queen Margrethe’s Pearl and Diamond Corsage

Danish Royal Tiaras | Queen Margrethe’s Top 8 Jewels | Danish Royal Orders

Wedding Tiara

Diamond Necklace Tiara

Midnight Tiara

Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara

Alexandrine Drop Tiara

Wedding Earrings

Diamond Fringe Earrings

Aquamarine Jewels

Amethyst Earrings

Connaught Sapphire Brooch

Diamond Flower Brooch

Diamond Flower Earrings

Ole Lynggaard Brooch

#Top8Jewels- Queen Margrethe's Antique Turquoise Parure: https://t.co/f2vZnzeeWF pic.twitter.com/KEhbNJJ5zq

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) April 11, 2020

Queen Ingrid wearing her Diamond Stars: https://t.co/qD9WAdwsOz pic.twitter.com/u7bbwRh29P

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) March 28, 2020

#Top8Jewels- Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg wearing the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau: https://t.co/f2vZnzeeWF pic.twitter.com/qEFxrketKN

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) April 11, 2020

#Top8Jewels- Queen Margrethe wearing her Turquoise Daisy Bandeau: https://t.co/f2vZnzeeWF pic.twitter.com/xdDDehilyC

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) April 11, 2020

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh host a magnificent Return Banquet for the Danish Royal Family on board the Royal Yacht Britannia at the end of their State Visit to Denmark in 1957 https://t.co/o5SiMcECyN pic.twitter.com/fmto3E3UbX

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) January 1, 2021