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Posted by Aaron
on May 5, 2012, 7:37 am, in reply to "The Queen's Diamonds New Images"
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From the DM article:
"Queen Mary was always dreaming up new uses for her diamonds. Nearly 30 years after her wedding, she merged two wedding presents – a £170 diamond brooch from the people of Swansea and another from the Maharaja of Kapurthla – into what is now known as Queen Mary’s Stomacher."
Our suspicions have been confirmed!
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: Released to the press from the upcoming
: publication released this week are some
: stunning images of the jewels.
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: It has also been revealed that Angela Kelly
: played a key role in the upcoming
: publication in her capacity as 'Curator of
: the Queen's Jewellery'. And that over 100
: pieces will be featured in the new
: publication.
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: Including:
: The Greville Tiara
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: The Girls of Great Britain Tiara
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: Queen Mary's Stomacher
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: The Flame Lilly Brooch
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: The Lover's Knot Brooch
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: The Williamson Brooch
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: The Delhi Durbar Necklace
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: The Nizam of Hyderbad Necklace
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: The Emperor of Austria Brooch
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: ( Previously known to us as the 'Teck
: Corsage Brooch', I am sure more information
: about the previously unknown provenance of
: this piece will be revealed. )
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: The Maple Leaf Brooch
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: The Vladimir Tiara
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: The Nizam of Hyderbad Flower Brooches
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: Also to be included will be the King Khalid
: Necklace , which was presented to the Queen
: during a visit to Saudi Arabia in 1979.
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: The press release also contained additional
: information on the Queen Victoria Fringe
: Brooch
:
: (Taken from the Daily Mail:
: Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch, a stunning
: flower-cum-jellyfish which resulted from a
: visit by Sultan Abdul Mejid I of Turkey in
: 1856. Wanting to thank the Monarch for
: Britain’s role in the Crimean War, he gave
: her a set of diamonds — ‘very magnificent,’
: she wrote.
: Victoria then spent £450 at the royal
: jewellers, Garrard, who set the stones in a
: rather racy chaine de corsage which she
: liked to wear on top of a low-cut bodice,
: bringing added sparkle to the royal
: embonpoint.
: All that changed with the death of Prince
: Albert in 1861. ‘The chaine de corsage may
: have been considered too flamboyant by the
: Queen for her widowed and withdrawn state,’
: notes Sir Hugh. So, some of the diamonds
: were detached for use elsewhere while the
: rest of the chaine became a brooch, passed
: down through the generations.
: The Queen Mother wore it at the Coronation
: in 1953. The Queen continues to wear it to
: this day. It enjoyed a prominent outing only
: last year for the state banquet in honour of
: the President of Turkey, a regal nod to the
: Sultan’s generosity more than 150 years
: earlier. )
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: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139837/The-Queens-bling-bling-jubilee-Priceless-tiaras-necklaces-brooches-The-ultimate-diamond-collection-revealed-time.html
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