Posted by Cynthia on October 15, 2012, 9:26 am, in reply to "wealth..."
And wealthy ladies wear jewels we never see in the papers. I've known ladies who owned tiaras (yes, Americans), diamond necklaces, sapphire earrings, brooches, bracelets... Maybe the stones weren't the size of the Prince Albert sapphire brooch, but they weren't fake either.