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, 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

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.

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.