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Posted by Nellie
on July 13, 2012, 1:33 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary's necklaces"
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Thank you Boffer and for those pics.
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: No, this necklace contains emeralds and
: pearls.
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: It was later part of the wedding gifts to
: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in
: 1935.
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: Since then, the current Duchess has
: rearranged the bears in the necklace to
: create one strand of emerald beads separated
: by pearls, with the pendants from the
: corsage brooch attached.
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: It is believed that the original necklace,
: as worn by Queen Mary, was remodelled from
: Queen Alexandra's Indian Emerald Necklace,
: which she received as a wedding-gift from
: Queen Victoria in 1863.
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: http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-alexandra/india-necklace-alexandra.htm
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: Are they all pearls in the necklaces?
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