May I request posters to put a special alert on messages that will now disclose info from the book?
May I suggest prefixing the Subject each time with QD ?
I'm not suggesting that people should delay, as they get their copies, but I plan to stay out of such posts until I get my own copy.
--Previous Message-- : I have received my copy of the Queen's : Diamonds, and these brooches are featured on : pages 254-'55 : : " The Greville Ivy-Leaf Clips : : Cartier, London, before 1930 and 1937 : Diamonds, platinum : : These clips ... were made by Cartier for : Mrs. Greville, one apparently before 1930, : when a diamond was reset, and the second in : 1937, using her own stones. At this point, : the earlier piece was modified to match the : new clip. They were bequeathed to Queen : Elizabeth in 1942, and they were given to : Princess Elizabeth by her parents to mark : her 21st birthday, during the tour of South : Africa in 1947. The Queen continues to wear : the clips regularly." : : (Hugh Roberts, The Queen's Diamonds , : (London: Royal Collection Publications, : 2012), pp. 254 - 255). : :