Posted by gillw on October 27, 2012, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Entitlements ?"
I very much doubt that Camilla jumped the gun - I'm pretty sure she would only wear any jewels from the royal vaults with permission from HM. After all, it's not somewhere you wander in & help yourself!
--Previous Message-- : Nellie I'm not understanding your comments. : What 'entitlements' had to be sorted out : with who and agreed by who ? : : : --Previous Message-- : : I also feel that personal jewels of the : Queen Mother have been reserved to be worn : by the wife of her favourite grandson. Fair : enough. : : Particular heirlooms of the crown which the : Queen Mother hung onto, and some of Queen : Mary's jewels, have returned to the Queen : and the Queen has worn quite a number of : them now. : : I always felt that Camilla jumped the gun in : wearing the Durbar tiara (Queen Mary's), : before entitlements had been sorted out and : agreed. : Just my speculation of course. : : --Previous Message-- : Queen Mary passed a lot of things down : directly to her granddaughter, and of course : Queen Elizabeth as reigning monarch got : whatever was in the official pool when she : ascended the throne. It seems as if the QM : had mostly personal jewels without a lot of : family history, and so it makes a LOT of : sense that her favorite grandson's second : wife could wear those b/c they aren't : associated with the present queen or with : the monarch in general. : : : :