Re: Plunket story & event Archived Message
Posted by Nellie  on July 9, 2013, 9:43 am, in reply to "Thank you, Nellie."
Cynthia - as best I recall we have never found a pic of a Plunket wearing the tiara the Queen wore? Correct?
There is an earlier pic of a Lady Plunket wearing a different tiara though.
And am I right in thinking the tiara worn by the Queen was sold by Plunket?
Edit: The Queen wore this tiara in 1973 to a gala event "Fanfare for Europe" on the occasion of the UK joining European Community.
--Previous Message--
: A number of years ago, I read that Andrea
: Reynolds (a friend of Claus von Bulow) was
: married to the Hon. Shaun Plunket, childhood
: friend of the queen and member of the family
: to whom this tiara belonged.
:
: I read that the Plunkets owned a bed and
: breakfast in New England, so I emailed them
: with a copy of the photo we had available
: and humbly begged some assistance.
:
: Mrs. Plunket kindly responded with the full
: story: it was indeed their family's tiara;
: the queen's tiara had somehow broken that
: night en route to the event; Lord Plunket
: (Shaun's older brother) lived around the
: corner and dashed home to retrieve his own
: tiara for her to wear. Voilą.
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: Mr. Plunket died last year:
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: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/peerage-news/JNW6qctp_iE
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: My little success story and contribution to
: this board, which I love so much.
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