Posted by IlttleMo on October 28, 2012, 5:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Entitlements ?"
--Previous Message-- : : Seems I had bettter spell out my thinking on : this. I just hope it does not attract flack! : : In my opinion, the Queen Mother held pieces : which were - : 1. heirlooms of the Crown which should have : passed to the Queen on her accession, : 2. Queen Mary personal property which should : have passed to the Queen as inheritance, : 3. her (the Queen Mother's) personal : property, of course. : : On the death of the Queen Mother these : pieces did not instantly shift location - : obviously - but their relocation and : "distribution" extended over a : period of time. : : We were informed that the whole of the : estate was inherited by the Queen, legally. : So the Queen had the sole right to grant all : entitlements to usage - or to agree to : loans, if you prefer. : I have always suspected that the Durbar : tiara was worn before all that had been : sorted out. : It had been the property of Queen Mary and : not of the Queen Mother. : I could be completely wrong of course. : : : --Previous Message-- : 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. : : :