Isaksen came this week with a new book about the royal family entitled “Ingrid Alexandra’s legacy”. The book takes the reader through the family history of the 19-year-old princess, and does this through the jewelery collection she will one day inherit. – It is fascinating that the threads from these 30 women finally come together in this Norwegian 19-year-old, Ingrid Alexandra, who will one day inherit most of these jewellery, says Isaksen about the book. He also uses the opportunity to criticize both the royal family and the court. In the foreword, Isaksen writes that none of them wanted to contribute any information to the book, only some pictures. – They have been very reserved, says the author. Got no answers Isaksen claims the royal family did not want to answer interview questions, specific questions or give permission to use certain images of the jewellery. – I think it’s a bit strange considering that other royal houses are quite open about their jewelery collections, he says to news. Historian and author Trond Norén Isaksen. Photo: Vilde Helljesen / news He says the book was written with the help of the royal courts in Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Belgium and Luxembourg. – It is also the case that everyone else who has tried to get the royal family to talk about the jewelery has not gotten anything out of them either, claims Isaksen. He calls the royal house’s attitude towards this unusual. – Queen Margrethe celebrated her 50th anniversary as queen by exhibiting 200 privately owned pieces of jewelery at the Amalienborg Museum in Copenhagen. It was the most sought-after exhibition in the museum’s history. Isaksen claims that he was only allowed to use a third of the photo he asked to include in the book. – Among the ones I didn’t get to use are pictures of gifts listed on the royal house’s official gift list, writes Isaksen in the foreword. The castle believes that it has contributed The castle, for its part, believes that it has contributed as much as it can. – The royal court has contributed a large number of photos, and several of the pieces of jewelery have a well-known background and history, says communications manager Guri Varpe to news. When it comes to the interview, the royal house replies that the royal family rarely gives interviews in connection with book releases. – Nor did they have the opportunity to contribute interviews to this book. Heirloom jewelery on the gift table when Princess Ingrid Alexandra turned 18 last year. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB She says that the royal family normally does not share pictures from the public gift list, with the exception of those the media often take pictures of on the gift table. Jewelery and other gifts from close family and friends are considered the royal family’s private possessions. Disagreement about Sonja’s diadem Isaksen claims that in working on the book he has found new information about the jewelery collection that the royal family itself does not know about. – The royal family has a very beautiful diamond tiara that belonged to Josephine, Napoleon’s great love, claims Isaksen. He says that Josephine built up one of Europe’s largest jewelery collections, with a pair of pearl earrings on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Official photo of the then Crown Princess Sonja with the tiara Trond Norén Isaksen claims to be descended from Empress Josephine (1763–1814)’s large jewelery collection. Photo: NTB – The Norwegian royal family has an entire diamond tiara, but they themselves do not know that it once belonged to Empress Josephine. Princess Astrid has previously said that the tiara is from Queen Dèsirèe. Communications manager at the castle, Guri Varpe, wrote to news that the royal family is well acquainted with the history of the diadem, and that the family also has good knowledge of the family’s historical jewelery in general. – This information has already been made known in previous book publications. Isaksen has previously written a book about the Norwegian royal family, where it is stated that the tiara comes from Queen Dèsirèe.
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Historians criticize the royal family for a lack of openness about the jewelery collection – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
