Princess Astrid’s Jewels: What Returns to the King—and What Goes to Her Children?

A parcel arrived from Stockholm containing what Princess Ingeborg believed was little more than coloured glass and brass. Her granddaughter, Princess Astrid, took the pieces to a jeweller—and discovered gold, natural pearls, and a royal history stretching back to the 1820s.
But that was only one surprise inside Astrid’s jewellery box. Another tiara had been bought by an entire city. A pair of diamond wings trembled as she moved. And some of her greatest heirlooms were never truly hers to keep.
Together, these jewels tell the story of a princess shaped by exile, duty, love, and more than seventy years of service—and reveal what Princess Astrid chose to preserve for the generations that followed.