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    Re: Missy/Ducky Archived Message

    Posted by Johan on October 11, 2012, 6:24 am, in reply to "Re: Missy/Ducky"

    Ducky as the wife of the reigning sovereign had several parures at her disposal. The tiara looks to be either in emeralds or saphires.

    --Previous Message--
    :
    : They look quite different to me as well. My
    : guess is actually that this tiara was
    : "loaner". Ducky was very young
    : when she went to the coronation. I read her
    : memoirs of it at one point and it was one of
    : the most exciting things she did in her
    : youth according to her, and it may well be
    : one of her relatives boosted her jewels so
    : she wouldn't look out of place among the
    : other grand ladies.
    :

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