I took a lead from HM and now wear my poppy pinned on with a specially purchased diamante set bar brooch! Why use a safety pin when you can sparkle too! I think the added grandeur helps to honour the thought behind the poppies.
--Previous Message-- : HRH wore the Buckley Crystal Poppy, sold by : the Royal British Legion. I'm rather : ambivalent towards the idea of Royal Ladies : wearing jeweled poppies: on the one hand the : occasion is very sombre and such minor : vanities might look a bit out of place, on : the other hand the Queen does wear a diamond : brooch with her poppies and at funerals, : which basically sets the rule. : : : --Previous Message-- : Princess Lilian's brooch doesn't seem like a : poppy to me...poppies have diferent shape of : petals. : : I've spoted Duchess Catherine's rubi popy : brooch also. Was it a gift from her husband, : or from a regiment? I know nothing of its : provenance. : :