Excellent picture. Does anyone know what happened to the tiara worn by Louise Duchess of Connaught in that photo?
--Previous Message-- : : The Connaught family at the 1911 coronation : of George V, from The Golden Book of : Royalty , showing what the - edit Sweden - : [Norway] royals wore. : : Edit: sorry for confusion. : : Edit: I don't think Queen Maud, being a : crowned head, attended in 1911. : The conventions were modified for the 1937 : coronation. : : : --Previous Message-- : I think Queen Maud had worn her weddinggift : pearl tiara at her parents coronation. Still : the emerald parure is grander so im glad the : crownprincess got to borrow it from her : mother. Queen Maud may have needed the other : tiara for other events surrounding the : coronation. : : --Previous Message-- : Maybe Martha wore the emerald parure because : it had appeared at the previous coronation : in 1911? That's a nice mark of continuity. : : : : :