Posted by Barbara D. on June 20, 2012, 12:55 am, in reply to "Re: Bejewelled men..."
--Previous Message-- : : Barbara, just before reading your comment I : was thinking how different it must have been : for Queen Mary to have been 'outjeweled' by : so many gentlemen when she went to India. : The Durbar must have been an incredible : sight! : :
Coming back to the recent discussion about the Delhi Durbar and the new parure Queen Mary brought with for this occasion, it might have played a role why the queen then decided to wear a new tiara with those huge emerald drops. Everyone expects a queen wearing a crown, but the crown is less a jewel than a symbol. Might it be, that finery-addicted Queen Mary wanted to show substantial jewels by her own beside all these jewel bedecked Indian dignitaries? I guess we will never know .