Re: The Queen visiting Asscher, wearing Cullinans III and IV Archived Message
Posted by ErikS on July 31, 2013, 8:21 am, in reply to "Re: The Queen visiting Asscher, wearing Cullinans III and IV"
'While on a state visit to the Netherlands in 1958, Queen Elizabeth visited Asscher’s, the site of the initial Cullinan cutting. Present for the visit was Louis Asscher, who had witnessed the cutting of the great diamond in 1908. The queen wore the huge brooch for the visit, and as she removed it so Mr. Asscher could have a better look - a gesture which was said to have reduced him to tears - she was overheard casually referring to it as “Granny’s Chips”.'
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Link: http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.nl/2012/04/cullinans-part-2-grannys-chips.html
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