--Previous Message-- : I think you are right, it wouldn't have been : thought as a "loan" to begin with, : as I don't believe anybody imagined a : divorce scenario. : : But I suspect it is the same brooch. I find : it perfectly plausible for the divorce : settlement to have included provisions to : return some of the most important pieces of : jewellery back to the Royal Family (be they : "loans" named as such from the : Queen or "gifts" from the Queen : mother), and this might have been one of : them. : : : : --Previous Message-- : : I doubt that very much. A gift is a gift is : a gift. : : The lending principle seems to apply only to : the monarch and to his or her extensive : collection, which stays with the reigning : line of the family. : : : --Previous Message-- : My supposition is that it may have been a : loan : that Diana returned after her divorce, which : could explain it being worn again by the QM : in 1997. : : : : :