I have always felt that Alexandra never aspired to accumulating jewels. She had enough to appear perfectly grand and regal for occasions warranting that.
There is the theory that her mother left her jewels to her sons assuming her daughter would be provided for by the family she married into.
As bridesmaid at the wedding of Elizabeth and Philip
--Previous Message-- : Looking at the present beautiful banner in : GREMB with Princess Alexandra of Kent, I : remembered what I always found strange. : How come that she owns only a single tiara, : even if it has with interchangeable stones : (pearls, sapphires and turquoises). : Not only I find strange that she did not : receive more from her mother, Princess : Marina, but also that her husband, Sir Angus : Ogilvy, son of the second son of the 12th : Earl of Arlie, and a succesful business man : on his own right, was not able to give her : wife a second tiara. : OK, he a gave Princess Alexandra a nearly : exact copy of Queen Elizabeth II's pearls : and diamonds "Diamond Jubilee" : necklace (actually Queen Victoria's Diamond : Jubilee), but...... :
on August 19, 2012, 7:41 pm, in reply to "
