Re: Dividing up the brooches into categories...my dream Archived Message
Posted by Franck on June 25, 2013, 3:18 am, in reply to "Re: Dividing up the brooches into categories..."
Dear all, My dream is to have a site like the dutch royal jewels which would summarize all the jewels owned by Queen Elizaebth II...i don't know if we could create such a site Franck --Previous Message-- : We are yet to see 2 diamond brooches mentioned : in Fields. : She spoke of 6 diamond brooches and we have : seen 4 so far. : : : --Previous Message-- : : Oh I recall a story years back that there : were rooms of them, in their boxes in : Clarence House. : The royal ladies were given them almost : every time they appeared somewhere to cut a : ribbon or plant a tree. : : : --Previous Message-- : Maybe, but the QM didn't wear nearly as many : as QEII does. And it's not as if she : inherited lots from her own family - and : Queen Mary's went straight to the Queen, : bypassing the QM. She had a few from Mrs : Greville and a few of her own, but I doubt : if her total hoard of brooches was more than : 30-ish at most. : : --Previous Message-- : : What if I add all the brooches inherited : from her mother. Technical perhaps but : true. : : Anyway, I will be interested to read what : some other people might think about this. : : : --Previous Message-- : I just can't imagine there are that many : hundred unseen brooches. I don't doubt there : are some that have not, and may never, : appear, but I'd be totally astonished if : there were hundreds of them. : : --Previous Message-- : : Thanks for the overview Gill. : : I was thinking of brooches we have never : even seen. There must be loads of those so : I would say, overall, between 500 and 1000. : : : --Previous Message-- : The estimated number of brooches varies but : is : somewhere close to 200. I have 135 : specifically listed - but I only have them : in that list if I have a specific date for : the wearing, as it is a dated catalogue. So : there are some - especially early ones - : that I haven't got included because I only : have an undated picture. : : Also, it is not always clear in some photos : , if there is a side or partial view, for : instance, and this can give rise to inflated : numbers, whereas it may turn out that a : "mystery" brooch was actually a : well known one. : : They also appear for every kind of occasion : - I've seen the Albert used to pin the back : of a sash, for instance. We may feel the : Albert is an "important" brooch, : too good for such a task, but to HM, it is : apparently just another "safety : pin"!!! There are not many that the : Queen reserves for certain kinds of : occasions, so for us to divide them up in : such away would be a bit pointless. : : The queen does have her favourites, which : appear regularly, but then she will have a : phase of bringing one out that we have not : seen for some time and it will be worn a few : times in a year, and then go back into the : jewel box again. : : Then again, there are the occasional new : gifts, which often make a token, but : relevant, appearance then vanish from view : to reappear only when a pertinent Ambassador : visits! : : My own database has slipped in recent : months, but I am intending to put in some : work to bring it right up to date, as soon : as I can. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Well, you can never have too much of a good : thing! : : Thanks, gill -- I seem to recall her wearing : it to Ascot. We might not see it there for a : while, but I hope to see it at some other : event in the not-too-distant future. : : : --Previous Message-- : Well, actually HM did wear the Williamson : Pink : to Ascot in 2011! Maybe it's not on the rota : to appear there again for a while yet : : --Previous Message-- : In my memory she seems to only wear the : Williamson on state or very important : functions like the Obama's visit and silver : jubilee. : I wouldn't have thought she would wear it to : a more social event like Ascot : : Perhaps you can tell us just when she has : worn it Gill ? : : --Previous Message-- : : : Alas, no outing for the beautiful Williamson : brooch, which would also have looked grand : on HM`s pink outfit.... (which she wore a : few days ago, I know she wore blue again : today ) : : --Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : Do we think HM will be there today again, : maybe with another lovely surprise? I'd love : to see her wearing the brooch that was a : 60th wedding anniversary gift from the : Commonwealth Heads of Government (Or was it : just from Uganda?) : : : Bostwana. . . : : : : :
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