Re: Duchess of Cornwall brooches - Lily of the Valley-Gift Archived Message
Posted by Torkel  on July 21, 2012, 1:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Duchess of Cornwall brooches - Lily of the Valley-Gift"
Impressive list, thank you Maridje
Would anyone know which diamond and sapphire brooches were given to the Queen and her sister Princess Margaret?
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: Visits with a Gift
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: "Khrushchev’s visit to Great Britain in
: 1956 seemed on the verge of cancellation
: owing to the unwillingness of the British
: political elite to see “this political
: clown” in their country. Moscow quickly set
: about selecting gifts for the British royal
: family, members of the government, and
: prominent members of the opposition.
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: The list was impressive:
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: “For Queen Elizabeth, a diamond and
: sapphire brooch, a cape made of
: extra-high-quality sable furs, Aivazovsky’s
: painting “The Seashore”, and a casket with a
: portrait of the royal family.
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: For the Duke of Edinburgh, an Akhal Teke
: horse with trappings, a casket with a
: portrait of the Queen, and a chest with a
: selection of wines.
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: For Prince Charles, an Arabian horse with
: trappings, a set of illustrated Soviet
: children’s books, and an assortment of
: candies.
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: For Princess Anne, a casket made by Palekh
: craftsmen (with scenes from Russian fairy
: tales), a set of illustrated Soviet
: children’s books, a three-month-old bear
: cub, and an assortment of candies.
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: For Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, a gold
: Lily-of-the-Valley brooch with diamonds, a
: small box made of Ural semiprecious stones,
: and a sable cape.
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: For Princess Margaret, a sable scarf and a
: diamond and sapphire brooch.”
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: by Evgeny Zhirnov
: All the Article in Russian as of Jan. 12,
: 2004
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: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/439346
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: (Russia's Daily Online)
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