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Posted by Count75
on July 19, 2012, 12:24 am, in reply to "Re: Princess Consort head ornament"
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I thought the Duchess of York was bareheaded while sitted next to the King on the way to their coronation.
--Previous Message--
:
: Sure, it is sensitive but we can do it.
: Just leave personalities out and treat it as
: an exercise in historic jewels and customs.
:
: Having thought a bit more, I think a PC
: would travel to a coronation wearing
: something and not bare headed, as does a
: consort to be crowned.
:
: So a PC could wear the Diamond Diadem 1820.
: She could herself add a coronet at the point
: when all peers and peeresses add theirs at
: the time of the crowning of the KIng.
: The PC would leave wearing all that too.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I agree that the gold bar is there to hold
: the
: Koh-i-Noor or a Cullinan diamond. I'm not
: sure if you're suggesting the Durbar tiara,
: but I believe Camilla and Charles would be
: in big trouble if she appeared at his
: Coronation in a headpiece so connected to
: Empire. How about the diamond diadem? It
: is already associated with Coronations. Or
: perhaps just a tiara like the Greville plus
: her coronet?
:
: (I'm sorry if this breaks the rules about no
: rights or wrongs, but appropriateness does
: have to be considered. Even the diamond
: diadem might be considered too much
: associated with queens.)
:
:
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