The V shaped thing is not the same as the Sophie/Canada tiara.
That is my current belief.
--Previous Message-- : "After a lot of checking I have not found : the source for the belief that Sophie’s : tiara, worn by the Queen in 1970, was ever : connected with the source of gems for the : remake of the Queen’s aquamarine tiara. No : connection whatsoever." : : "Have checked Young, Menkes, Field, : Bury, Munn, and online Royal Collection, and : done a lot of googling." : : But, in your 2nd post in this very same : thread yot quote Fields as follow: : : "In 1968 the Queen and Prince Philip : made their first State visit to Brazil and : the Governor of São Paulo presented the : Queen with a V-shaped ‘hair ornament’, as it : was described at the time, also made of : aquamarines and diamonds. In 1971 the stones : from this were used to make four : scroll-shaped motifs for the tiara, : positioned around the three upright oblongs; : a collet aquamarine was placed on the tip of : each of the seven vertical ornaments.“ : : And recently you add: "I feel that the : fan/shell elements in the Queen’s aquamarine : tiara were lifted holus bolus from somewhere : - PRESUMABLY from the V-shaped hair ornament : gift of 1968." : : Sorry, i'm lost in your thoughts, as I : understand it's not presumably but the words : of Fields... : : Or you try to say that the V-shaped hair : thing from 1968 is not the same that the one : of Sophie and The Queen canadian tiara??? :