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As well as royal regalia, the Greek royal family owned an impressive collection of jewels. The most important and impressive were a set of Cabochon emeralds brought to Greece by Queen Olga, after her death they were inherited by her grandson George II who made them into a parure for his wife Queen Elizabeth, born princess of Romania. After his divorce in 1935 they passed to future Queen Frederika, born princess of Hannover then to her daughter-in-law Anne-Marie of Denmark. Other pieces include a ruby laurel wreath tiara and a large diamond floral tiara owned by Queen Sophia, born princess of Prussia which then passed to Queen Frederika then Crown princess Marie-Chantal. Queen Frederika once owned a large sapphire that had belonged to Queen Marie of Romania. Other members of the Greek royal family such as Princess Marie Bonaparte and Princess Alice of Battenberg (mother of the Duke of Edinburgh), Princess Anastasia and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna (Mother of Marina Duchess of Kent owned impressive pieces of jewellery.