Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around Europe for a Ball to celebrate the Wedding of Duke Carl of Württemberg and Princess Diane of Orléans at Schloss Altshausen on this day in 1960, 65 years ago, on the eve of the Wedding Ceremony.
The Württemberg Royal Family held a magnificent Ball to celebrate the Wedding of Duke Carl of Württemberg and Princess Diane of Orleans at Schloss Altshausen.
Duke Carl of Württemberg and Princess Diane of Orleans (wearing the Württemberg Ruby Tiara)
The Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg (wearing the Württemberg Sapphire Tiara)
The Count and Countess of Paris (wearing the Orléans Sapphire Parure)
Prince Henri, Count of Clermont and Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (wearing the Orléans Sapphire and Pearl Tiara and her Sapphire Necklace),
Princess Isabelle (in the Coty Emerald Tiara), Princess Hélène, Princess Anne (wearing the Action Française Tiara), Princess Claude (in the Diamond Bracelet Bandeau), and Princess Chantal (wearing the Orléans Diamond Comb).
Archduchess Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg (wearing the Württemberg Sapphire Tiara) with the Duchesses of Württemberg (wearing the Württemberg Royal Tiaras)
In addition to the entire extended Orléans and Württemberg Royal Families, Royal Guests and Relatives included Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (wearing her Diamond Tiara).
Sapphire Tiara
Ruby Tiara
Diamond Scroll Tiara
Württemberg Diamond Tiara
Emerald Floral Tiara
Orléans Sapphire Parure
Orléans Sapphire and Pearl Tiara
Action Française Tiara
Coty Emerald Tiara
Diamond Bracelet Bandeau
Empress Joséphine’s Diamond Tiara
Chaumet Curvilinear Tiara
Countess of Paris’ Diamond Earrings
Sapphire Necklace Tiara
Orléans Sapphire Necklace Tiara
Orléans Sapphire and Pearl Tiara
Württemberg Diamond Tiara
French Crown Sapphire Earrings
Diamond Comb
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The Wedding Ball of Duke Carl of Württemberg, son of the Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Rosa of Austria (in the Württemberg Sapphire Tiara), and Princess Diane of Orléans (wearing the Ruby Tiara and Parure), daughter of the Count of Paris and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (in the Orléans Sapphire Parure), at Schloss Altshausen on this day in 1960, on the eve of their Wedding. In addition to the entire extended Orléans and Württemberg Royal Families, including his sisters (wearing the Württemberg Royal Tiaras), her sisters (in the Orléans Royal Tiaras) and their two married siblings, the Prince Henri, Count of Clermont and Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (wearing her Sapphire Necklace Tiara), Royal Guests included Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (in a Savoy-Aosta Tiara).
My goodness! Whatever possessed Princess Diane to wear her tiara upside down! Its design doesn’t lend itself for such experiments. I’m sorry that it doesn’t look good on her in spite of her beauty and youth. It reminds me of the Duchess of Bajadoz’ daughter-in-law Barbara Cano who also used her mother-in-law’s sapphire tiara upside down- which was a bit more successful, though not by much.