Re: Sophie Countess of Wessex 47th birthday January 20 Archived Message
Posted by Johan on January 14, 2012, 8:41 am, in reply to "Re: Sophie Countess of Wessex 47th birthday January 20"
Here she is wearing it as a necklace with the tiara she's given to her granddaughter. http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-families/wurttemberg/teck/1867%20Mary-10.jpg --Previous Message-- : : Queen Mary's diamond and pearl tiara ?? : : I can't figure which that is. : : : --Previous Message-- : Too bad we don't know. Like you i assume : they : belong to the Royal Collection and that : would mean that the countess cannot alter : the pieces as she sees fit. Maybe she'll get : a better tiara for the diamond jubilee. : HM has plenty of pieces in her collection. : It would be nice to see the Surrey fringe or : queen Mary's diamond and pearl : necklace/tiara on Sophie. : : --Previous Message-- : : I don't believe we have ever been told. : But I believe the historic elements used in : the modern tiara are probably treated as : Royal Collection pieces by now. : I would not expect them to be personal : property of the Queen but it's difficult to : know. : : They might have been considered part of the : items Queen Victoria left to the crown, as : alternate elements for one of the three : tiaras, but it's difficult to know how these : elements have been viewed down each of the : generations. : : : --Previous Message-- : Is the tiara owned by the countess, the : earl, : the queen or is it part of the : crownproperties? : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Those four elements are unlikely to be taken : apart as they were made for a version of : Queen Victoria's Regal Circlet. : : : : : : :
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