--Previous Message-- : Well actually HM does very few engagements : anyway during the period of opening as she : is largely on her summer break. Certainly no : banquets or tiara events, maybe one or two : small local events in Scotland while she is : up there - such as the Braemar games, which : these days brings out the gold Braemanr : feather brooch only. : : --Previous Message-- : : Correct. : : I think the QD did quite well, considering. : They included almost all our favourites : predominantly diamond. : If all of the QD had to be in the exhibition : then the Queen would need to cancel all her : engagements for the duration of the : exhibition as she would appear naked without : them, in a royal sense!!! : : : --Previous Message-- : : Actually Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara is : beautifully documented on pages 182-187, : included a two page full color close up. : --Previous Message-- : I think it is considered to be a pearl : tiara, : and is not in the Queen's Diamonds book ,so : I would guess not : : : :