Re: Dividing up the brooches into categories...my dream Archived Message
Posted by Nellie  on June 25, 2013, 3:44 am, in reply to "Re: Dividing up the brooches into categories...my dream "
I recall many years ago that someone more or less achieved that and I feel foolish that I cannot now recall her name.
She compiled Word documents with text and images, and shared them for all to enjoy.
But there was a lot of conflict in those times over people producing their collections on the web.
How times change!!
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: Dear all,
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: 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
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: Franck
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: We are yet to see 2 diamond brooches
: mentioned
: in Fields.
: She spoke of 6 diamond brooches and we have
: seen 4 so far.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: What if I add all the brooches inherited
: from her mother. Technical perhaps but
: true.
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: Anyway, I will be interested to read what
: some other people might think about this.
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: 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.
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: Thanks for the overview Gill.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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!
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: 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.
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: Well, you can never have too much of a good
: thing!
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: 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.
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: --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
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: 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 ?
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: 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 )
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: 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?)
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: Bostwana. . .
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