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Posted by Laurene Lilling
on May 11, 2012, 5:39 am, in reply to "Re: QD ... The Queen's Diamonds New Information"
79.183.11.2 | Message modified by user Laurence May 11, 2012, 5:41 am
It seems my thoughts were correct on several items.
I thought that Queen Alexandra had HER Regal Circlet made when she became a widow since she had no other really grand headgear. It also seems to have been confirmed that Queen Alexandra had the Cullinan VI until her death and that Queen Mary did not acquire it until 1925. That means that I was correct in thinking that Queen Mary used Cullinan VII in the Delhi Durbar Necklace and The Cullinan VIII brooch until 1925, at which point Cullinan VII was used exclusively for the brooch and Cullinan VI in the necklace. This made the most sense because Cullinan VI and Cullinan VII are the same shape and similar in size, so unless they were both in the photograph it would be hard to tell them apart. Although Queen Mary used the Cullinan VIII Brooch as part of the Delhi Durbar Stomacher she used it with out Cullinan VII. That meant that Cullinan VII was available to use in the necklace. My guess regarding the Cambridge Lovers-Knot Tiara has also been confirmed, the diamonds and pearls from the Ladies of England Necklace Tiara and the pearls from The Girls of Great Britain & Ireland Tiara were in fact used to make The Cambridge Lovers-Knot Tiara.
Laurence
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: The only one I can honestly say I figured out
: was the greek key necklace that turned into
: the lotus tiara. When pictured together you
: can see the large pearl and quantify the
: diamonds. I always thought that was the
: necklace "transformed"
Laurence276