I suspect we need to take a peek at her correspondence with Aunt Augusta.
: --Previous Message- :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 . :