Re: QD: Queen Victoria's widowhood and coloured jewels Archived Message
Posted by Boffer on May 27, 2012, 3:28 am, in reply to "QD: Queen Victoria's widowhood and coloured jewels"
This Diamond and Ruby Parure was given to Princess Beatrice on her wedding day. Here are Ursula's fantastic pages on the tiara and parure: http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-victoria/Victoria-strawberry-l-tiara.htm --Previous Message-- : On page 43, Hugh Roberts writes that in her : widowhood Queen Victoria ". . .almost : invariably wore only diamonds or pearls, : avoiding coloured stones..." : : For Princess Louise's wedding on 21 Mar : 1871, Queen Victoria wrote in her journal : "I word a black satin dress trimmed : with jet, on my head over my veil, my : diamond & ruby Tiara & my Parure to : match." : : Can anyone provide details on this : particular parure? I believe that it was a : gift of Prince Albert as the Queen wore : rubies and diamonds on such a momentous day : in her daughter's life. : :
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