--Previous Message-- : : I think this is the original and the stories : of the past were plain wrong. Possibly : Menkes or Field, but I need to check : tomorrow. A bit late at night for me now. : : Errors by those authors were never : officially corrected anywhere, in the past, : to my knowledge. : It seems only since the growth of interest : in the jewels on boards like this that royal : establishments now include jewellery details : in media releases. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Looks so amazingly simalar that I think it : is : the same piece. : Maybe the information that it was dismantled : was false from the beginning and no-one at : court bothered correcting it. Or they kept : the frame intact with the aquamarines being : detachable. : Anyway, I'm thrilled to see it Sophie. : : --Previous Message-- : : Hope this works!! Trying another hosting. : : online photo storage : : : --Previous Message-- : : I agree! I wish I could get my photobucket : to work! : : : --Previous Message-- : The way I see it, the tiara only had five : elements when the Queen wore it. So it was : the same size as the one worn by Sophie. : It's still a big mystery to me. : : : : : : : : :