Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden, 1935

A Gala Performance at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on this day in 1935, on the eve of the Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden (wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara) with a variety of Royal Guests and Relatives in attendance including King Christian X (father of the groom) and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (mother of the groom, wearing her Fringe Tiara and Diamond Sautoir), Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (father of the bride) and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (step-mother of the bride, in the Braganza Tiara), King Gustav V of Sweden (grandfather of the bride), Prince Gustaf Adolf (brother of the bride) and Princess Sibylla of Sweden (sister-in-law of the bride, wearing her Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara), the Duke of Connaught (grandfather of the bride), Lady Patricia Ramsay (aunt of the bride, wearing her  Diamond Tiara), Prince Arthur of Connaught (uncle of the bride) and Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (aunt of the bride, in the Fife Fringe Tiara), Crown Prince Olav (cousin of the groom) and Crown Princess Martha of Norway (cousin of the bride and the groom, wearing the Vasa Tiara), King Leopold III and Queen Astrid of Belgium (cousin of the bride, in her Emerald Necklace Tiara), Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia (aunt of the groom, in the Prussian Meander Tiara), Princess Ingeborg of Sweden and Denmark (aunt of both the bride and groom, wearing her Emerald Parure), Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (cousin of the bride, wearing the Baden Sunburst Tiara), Prince Axel of Denmark (cousin of the groom) and Princess Margaretha of Denmark and Sweden (cousin of the bride and groom, wearing a Diamond Tiara), Princess Helena Victoria (cousin, in a Diamond Tiara), Prince George (cousin) and Princess Eugenie of Greece (in the Alexandrine Drop Tiara), Princess Margretha of Denmark and Bourbon-Parma (cousin, wearing the Bourbon-Parma/Lobkowicz Tiara), the Grand Duke (uncle of the groom) and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg (aunt of the groom, in her Fabergé Aquamarine and Diamond Tiara), and Princess Thyra of Denmark (in her Sapphire Tiara).

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The previous evening, the bride’s grandfather, King Gustav V, hosted a Banquet followed by a Concert in the Rikssalen of the Royal Palace of Stockholm in honour of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid (in the Danish Ruby Parure) again with many Royal Guests and Relatives in attendance including King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (wearing the Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara), Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (in the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure), Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sweden (wearing the Swedish Cameo Parure), the Duke of Connaught, Lady Patricia Ramsay (wearing her Diamond Tiara), Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (in the Fife Fringe Tiara), Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway (in the Vasa Tiara), King Leopold III and Queen Astrid of Belgium (wearing the Nine Provinces Tiara), Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia (in the Prussian Sapphire Parure), Princess Ingeborg of Sweden and Denmark (in her Emerald Parure), The Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (in the Baden Ruby Wreath Tiara), Prince Axel of Denmark and Princess Margaretha of Denmark and Sweden (in her Floral Tiara), Princess Helena Victoria (wearing a Diamond Tiara), Prince George and Princess Eugenie of Greece (in the Alexandrine Drop Tiara), Princess Margretha of Denmark and Bourbon-Parma (in the Bourbon-Parma/Lobkowicz Tiara), the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg (wearing an Emerald Tiara), and Princess Thyra of Denmark (in Queen Josefina’s Diamond Tiara).

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