I am 100% convinced that the tiara worn by Sophie of Wessex at the prewedding gala of Luxembourg and the tiara worn by the Queen in 1971 are one and the same. We just have to open our eyes, absolutely matches in every single detail, from the shape itself to the frame. I support the theory that this piece just stayed for decades in the vaults, after all we all know it happened before. The Queen herself mentioned that she had forgotten for many years that Granny's tiara had a separate diamond base! Perhaps when they were searching in the vaults for the Halo tiara (also not seen since early 1970's) for Catherine of Cambridge they also "redescovered" this one . Let's hope the next one they redescover for our delight is Maria Feodorovna's diamond and center saphire tiara!
--Previous Message-- : (A Repost) : : From the book Tiara & Atigi: : : : : : : : : --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. : : : : : : : : : : : :