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    Posted by LittleMo on July 16, 2012, 1:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Elizabeth's mystery ruby set - sorry can't see the pictures n/t"

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    : Strange, as the pictures do turn up at my
    : computer.
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    : I have now changed them into links, which
    : hopefully works better.
    : If not - go to www.gettyimages.co.uk and
    : search for state banquet Turkey
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    : The picture is not from an Indian visit, but
    : from the State banquet during Queen
    : Elizabethīs state visit to Turkey in 2008.
    : Another picture from the same occasion:
    : ANKARA - MAY 13: Queen Elizabeth ll attends
    : a State Banquet on the first day of a State
    : Visit to Turkey on May 13, 2008 in Ankara,
    : Turkey. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
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    : The round ruby in the lower part appears to
    : have a white half-moon?
    : I suspect it is connected to the Turkish
    : decoration her Majesty is wearing.
    : The following picture shows the state
    : banquet during the Turkish Presidentīs state
    : visit to the UK in Nov 2011. I cannot find
    : any close-up of her Majesty, but she appears
    : to wear the same piece:
    : LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Queen
    : Elizabeth II (R) poses for a formal picture
    : with President of Turkey Abdullah Gul during
    : a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, on
    : November 22, 2011 in London, England.
    : President Abdullah is on a three day state
    : visit to the UK and was formally welcomed by
    : Queen Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh
    : today. (Photo by Carl Court - WPA Pool/Getty
    : Images)
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    : Queen Elizabeth did wear the same necklace
    : during the state banquet for the President
    : of India in 2009, btw:
    : LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: HRH Queen
    : Elizabeth II arrives at a State Banquet for
    : the visit of the President of the Republic
    : of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil in
    : Windsor Castle on October 27, 2009 in
    : London, England. The President will stay at
    : Windsor Castle as a guest of the Queen from
    : Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th
    : October. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA
    : Pool/Getty Images)
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    : --Previous Message--
    : Because of the flowers on the dress, I had
    : not
    : previously noticed the brooch or brooches in
    : that picture. What is that? Looks like a
    : bird at the top, with a round ruby set in
    : diamonds below it. And chains that hold
    : them together?
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