Re: Mary, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire Archived Message
Posted by Cerys on June 16, 2013, 9:32 am, in reply to "Mary, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire"
British Vogue Coronation issue part two has a couple of nice photos of the Ladies of the Bedchamber ,Countesses Euston and Leicester, and another of Mary Devonshire. Scroll down for pictures, and you may have to accept cookies from this site to see it. http://www.libertylondongirl.com/2012/06/03/british-vogue-coronation-issue-1953-part-two/ --Previous Message-- : I have never heard one of these newsreel : readers make a mistake before but that is : not Lady Mountbatten behind Princess Marina : - it is Mary, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire : who was the Mistress of Robes & who paid : such an important part in the 1953 : Coronation. : : --Previous Message-- : : Yes, a stunning set of diamonds and : sapphires : : : : --Previous Message-- : Wonderful video, thank you Nellie! : : Mary Princess Royal is wearing her : impressive diamond and saphire : stomacher/necklace. It has russian origins : and was a gift from her husband. : : And the last bejeweled lady on the royal : procession is Cinthia Spencer, Countess : Spencer and grandmother of the late Diana : Princess of Wales. She was lady in wainting : to the Queen mother I thinkk. She is wearing : the big diamond Spencer tiara with the : several honeysuckle elements in it. : : : : --Previous Message-- : Lovely !!! Thanks Nellie : : Nice to see Princess Margaret in the halo : scroll tiara. And the then Princess Royal : with some sort of stomacher across her : bodice. : : Does anyone know what it is ? : : --Previous Message-- : : For a real feast of how the British used to : wear their diamonds to dinner, try this : Pathe film. : : : : : : : http://www.britishpathe.com/video/queen-dines-with-army : : : : : : : : :
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