![King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece arrive for the a concert given at Stockholm Palace today as a part of the 60th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm on April 30, 2006](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-1213-annemarie01.jpg?resize=1200%2C836&ssl=1)
Our seasonal celebration of gorgeous wreath-style tiaras continues today with the unique diamond and ruby example worn by the former Queen of Greece.
![King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece arrive for the a concert given at Stockholm Palace today as a part of the 60th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm on April 30, 2006](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-1213-annemarie02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
Our royal flashback today takes us to the 60th birthday celebrations for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in April 2006. King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, the former King and Queen of the Hellenes, were on the guest list for a concert given in Stockholm as part of the festivities. Both are related to King Carl Gustaf, and Anne-Marie particularly closely. (They’re first cousins.)
Both Constantine and Anne-Marie were dressed in their best gala attire for the concert. Constantine wore, among other decorations, the sash and star of Sweden’s Order of the Seraphim, while Anne-Marie’s pale mauve/lavender gown was decorated with the sash and star of Greece’s Order of the Redeemer.
![King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece arrive for the a concert given at Stockholm Palace today as a part of the 60th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm on April 30, 2006](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-1213-annemarie03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1944&ssl=1)
With her sparkling gown, Queen Anne-Marie wore pieces from a parure of diamond and ruby jewelry that she and Constantine inherited from his mother, Queen Friederike of the Hellenes. The set includes a large and unique tiara shaped like a wreath of olive branches, with red rubies representing the Kalamata olives that are so famously associated with Greece. The set of jewels originally belonged to Queen Olga, the Russian-born wife of King George I of the Hellenes.
![King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece arrive for the a concert given at Stockholm Palace today as a part of the 60th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm on April 30, 2006](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-1213-annemarie04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1808&ssl=1)
Queen Anne-Marie also wore other pieces from Olga’s ruby and diamond set for the concert, including the earrings, necklace, and brooch. She finished off the look with a ruby and diamond bracelet on her right wrist.
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