Posted by Barbara D. on September 4, 2012, 2:16 pm, in reply to "Confirmed by ILN"
Thank you, Nellie, for this research! Very interesting .
--Previous Message-- : : The Illustrated London News of 5 March : 1910 confirms the date. : They published the (Hulton) photo as a : Supplement and mentioned in the caption that : Queen Alexandra wore the Cullinan diamonds. : : It is quite amazing just what can be : searched online these days. : : : --Previous Message-- : : 22February 1910 is my bid, because The : Times , in its report, mentions the : Cullinan. : : The Times does not mention the Cullinan : for the State Opening on 16 February 1909. : : No State Openings of Parliament found : between those two dates. : : I said before that I tended to rely on the : Hulton Archive and it was that getty image : that carried the following caption, most : likely from the Hulton Archive - : : 1910: Queen Alexandra, (1844 - 1925), : queen-consort of British monarch Edward VII, : (1841 - 1910), at the State Opening of : Parliament, wearing the Colinan I & II : diamonds, in what proved to be the last year : of her reign. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty : Images) : : :