I don't remember where I read this (Leslie Fields' book, perhaps?) that Princess Marina left the bulk of her jewels to her two sons as part of a family tradition. Evidently the daughter was supposed to receive jewels from her husband and so didn't "need" to inherit any.
--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...... :
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