And Queen Sofia wearing the Cartier tiara could also be considered a deference to the President of Portugal. She usually wore "minor" tiaras for presidential visits.

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: The King greeting João and Isabel Soares,
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: and daughter of Mário Soares.
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: And HM talking to the Brazilian President
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: True.
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: The whole political class was at Jerónimos
: Monastery for the wedding. Of course, then
: President Soares and his wife were the main
: guests.
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: The late President was a staunch republican
: though his presidency was always one of a
: great splendour for socialist and republican
: standards. All the banquets he hosted for
: royal heads of State were white-tie
: ceremonies and he had indeed many occasions
: to mingle with royalty especially the
: Spanish Royal Family. One of the few
: occasions Queen Sofía wore a tiara for a
: State Banquet in a republican country was
: for the banquet President Soares hosted for
: the Spanish royal couple in Lisbon, in 1986
: (if my memory serves me well).
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: I also believe one of the few banquets the
: whole Spanish Royal Family attended (the
: Count of Barcelona and his daughters &
: sons-in-law included) was the one King Juan
: Carlos hosted in Soares's honour (the only
: other occasion I can think of Don Juan
: attending a State Banquet was of course the
: one for his cousin Queen Elizabeth II).
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: President Soares also represented Portugal
: at the Count of Barcelona's funeral.
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: and, if I remember well, Mario Soares also
: attended the wedding of TRH the Dukes of
: Bragança.
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: Most probably the Duke and Duchess of
: Braganza will also attend (TRH attended the
: funeral of Maria Barroso, wife of Mário
: Soares).
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