Letizia hit with her twin bracelets and introduced the all-new Russian Tiara

November 29, 2018

Queen Letizia wore an amazing dress (repeated) and wore Cartier bracelets and one of the most impressive jewels of the Spanish crown.

The jewels chosen by Ms. Letizia for the gala dinner that took place at the palace in the honor Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan He dazzled everyone. First and foremost, the photographers were responsible for representing the famous "Twin Bracelets", two equal diamond bracelets that were included by the Queen Victoria Eugenia between calls "pbading jewelry"The origin of these bracelets is a small royal crown that the King Alfonso XIII give to his future wife the Princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg on the occasion of their marriage.

Crowned, made by CartierOn the lower part, it alternates emeralds and rubies with diamond ornaments. On this basis rose eight diamonds from which rose the eight diadems that met in an orb with a cross also of diamonds. According to the evaluation of 1906, on the occasion of the marriage, the value of the small crown amounted to 6,959.72 euros.

With the pbadage of time and the change of fashion, the hairstyles evolved in such a way that the fixing of the crown became more and more complicated, so that the queen charged Cartier to dismantle the little royal crown. Victoria Eugenia, loving to modify her jewels, was convinced that the little royal crown would no longer be used in exile and was also outdated. With Cartier diamonds, he made two bracelets. In her will, Queen Victoria Eugenia includes these two bracelets among the jewels among which she wishes to "pbad" her son Don Juan, begging him to pbad it on to his grandson Juan Carlos. The bracelets, like the rest of the pbading jewelryare at the disposal of Queen Letizia.

The bracelets, as well as the black velvet dress signed Varela created in February 2017 at the gala reception that he held with the President Mauricio Macri and First Lady Juliana Awada, they returned to show last night, although on this occasion He has changed his tiara for the only diadem of the true jeweler that he has to wear, the Russian diadem. The piece is made of platinum, pearls and diamonds and was made for Queen Maria Cristina, inspired by the "kokoshnikc", headdresses that were fashionable at the time in the country of the tsars.