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    Barbara Cartland Archived Message

    Posted by PJ Kiser on July 7, 2013, 6:21 pm, in reply to "Levisham/ Dartmouth Tiara"

    I remember this info when I was looking at something on the RWMB. It shows her wearing a necklace that could be converted to a tiara.
    PJ




    --Previous Message--
    : Recently I stumbled upon these pictures of
    : the wedding of Raine McCorquodale
    : (later Mrs. Gerald Legge, Lady Levisham,
    : Countess of Dartmouth/ Countess Spencer/
    : Comtesse de Chambrun)
    : with Gerald Legge (later Lord Levisham, Earl
    : of Dartmouth) in 1948:
    :
    :
    : UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 01, 1948: Raine
    : McCorquodale and her husband Gerald Legge
    : posing for the bridal picture with the
    : bridesmaids and best men.
    : (Photo by William Sumits/Time & Life
    : Pictures/Getty Images)
    :
    :
    :
    :
    : UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 01, 1948: At his
    : wedding to Raine McCorquodale, Gerald Legge
    : watching as his bride receives a kiss from a
    : guest at the wedding reception.
    : (Photo by William Sumits/Time & Life
    : Pictures/Getty Images)
    :
    :
    :
    : I hadn't seen this tiara before nor was it
    : familiar to me (not even on any other lady
    : of the Dartmouth or McCorquodale/Cartland
    : family).
    : It seems it was worn again here in 1956:
    :
    : 29th November 1956: Queen Elizabeth The
    : Queen Mother (1900 - 2002) (right),
    : greeting Mrs Geralde Legge with Queen
    : Elizabeth II (centre) at a party hosted
    : by the Mayor of Westminster at the Royal
    : Academy, London. (Photo by Monty Fresco/PNA
    : Rota/Getty Images)
    :
    :
    :
    : More pictures of the wedding:
    : http://members.boardhost.com/royalinsight/msg/1373110491.html
    :
    :
    :


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