Well spotted-Mark! I agree with your findings, perhaps some information was revealed that Diana had earrings made from her Saudi wedding gift, as the watch hadn't been worn at that point it was assumed this was broken up, the box being overlooked as we have done until your discovery. --Previous Message-- : Mark, I never really bothered to take a close : look at the jewelry box either, but thanks a : lot that you did! : If you're beginning to see things, I do as : well - the frame on top does indeed appear : to contain a lot of sapphire clusters. I'm : counting nine clusters on each long side and : possibly three on the small sides which - if : correct - would offer space for a lot of : possibilities. : Princess Diana could not just consider a : gift like this a personal one but as a : matter of fact, back then it was - and the : box would IMO have been the most likely item : to be broken up, hardly suiting her taste : and not very practical after all either. : : --Previous Message-- : It has been a long time since I posted : anything here, but I have enjoyed reading : everyone's posts (there are so many : knowledgeable people here!) and I always : like returning to Diana's jewels, since it : gives me a reason to revisit that wonderful : website and take a stroll down memory lane : : I have seen these photos often, but just now : for the first time I really took a good look : at the box: I may be imagining things, but : there seem to be many diamond and sapphire : clusters encrusting the border surrounding : the central palm tree! : : Of course in a black and white photo it is : impossible to be sure of the color, but if : you look especially at the section of the : border just in line with the top and bottom : of the palm tree, you can see three clusters : arranged in a triangle - to me it seems : strikingly similar to these "chandelier : earrings" Stuart is referring to. : : Dawn has already mentioned that one pair of : clusters were worn by Diana already before : her marriage, but is it possible that the : additional clusters we have seen in the : various arrangements might have come from : the box and not the bracelet at all? : : These gifts were given long before the : recent clarification of rules regarding : official gifts to members of the Royal : Family, so it is not unlikely that Diana : would have considered all of this to be very : much her own private property, and we have : seen that she did make alterations to the : jewels... would altering the box be too : far-fetched? : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : So if the watch bracelet remained intact, : the : double cluster and "chandelier" : earrings-please see link- were not made from : it unless they were later dismantled. Did : Diana wear the double cluster earrings after : the reappearance of the watch? My guess : would be the ring from the Saudi set was : used fir the choker. : : : : http://www.dianasjewels.net/bluestoneearrings.htm : : :
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