I like the explanation, and yes, I do think the Queen Ingrid story was in the documentary.
--Previous Message-- : ...and not over the clothes. This picture of : Lady Sarah Chatto is again an example for : this. And this particular three-strand pearl : necklace also lies better when worn directly : on the skin and doesn't simply 'hang around : oddly' as it seems when worn on fabric (when : worn over the clothes, the clasp should be : worn on the back, then it works again). : That's why it looks much better on Princess : Margaret Rose than on her daughter (at least : in the pictures provided). : : Pearls also keep their luster when worn : directly on the skin. I remember a lovely : story, told by Queen Margrethe II (was it in : the amazing jewelery documentary?), that her : mother, Queen Ingrid used to wear, what I : believe to remember was the pearl necklace : of the pearl-ruby-parure, in bed under her : night gown. She did it, because the pearls : had lost their luster and this treatment by : The Queen did wonders to these ancient : pearls . : : : --Previous Message-- : Wow... Lady Sarah Chatto née Armstrong-Jones : looks almost a twin-sister to a young : Princess Royal! : : How remarkable that on Princess Margaret the : choker looks like a choker indeed and on her : daughter Lady Sarah... it looks no choker : anymore. : : :