Re: Queen Elizabeth II - timeline for jewllery? Archived Message
Posted by Torkel on February 10, 2012, 4:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Elizabeth II - timeline for jewllery?"
As Princess Elizabeth, she often wore the Nizam of Hyderabad tiara between her wedding and accession. This tiara too was a wedding present. I donīt know if she ever wore a tiara before her wedding. --Previous Message-- : : The Queen had the wedding gifts from Queen : Mary - the beautiful Girls of Great Britain : tiara - and I can only think that Queen : Mary, if she had lived longer, might have : lent the other tiaras to the Queen for the : Commonwealth Tour. : But we will never know. : : : --Previous Message-- : Let's say Queen Mary had lived for another : couple of years, what would have the Queen : been wearing during these years? : QEQM wore the ruby parure and the fringe : tiara, so the Queen's choice wouldn't have : been that great. : : --Previous Message-- : : So many of the great pieces in the Queen's : private collection were of course bequests : from Queen Mary, whose death unfortunately : closely coincided with the coronation. : : It was only a few months after her : grandmother's passing that the Queen began : to wear her lovely tiaras. : : Here the Queen wears the Vladimir tiara at : the Royal Film Performance in October 1953. : (This is also the only time I recall seeing : the pearl version being worn with a necklace : of colored stones.) : : : : For the long Commonwealth tour which began : the following month, two more of Queen : Mary's tiaras were worn - the lover's knot : and the kokoshnik. : :
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