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    Re: cockade Archived Message

    Posted by LittleMo on November 11, 2013, 4:31 pm, in reply to "Re: cockade"

    Well we know for a fact that the current Queen is (or was) 5ft 1inch whereas Queen Mary was 5ft 6 inches and Queen Alexandra over 5 ft 7 inches.
    And both Mary and Alexandra were very 'statuesque in their frames. So yes - the brooch will look bigger when worn by Queen Elizabeth compared to those other two Queens

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    : You are quite right Baxter. Ah! I know. The
    : Queen is getting smaller.
    :
    : But that is a wonderful view of the historic
    : piece, which was missing from The Queen's
    : Diamonds .
    : I sincerely hope that the cockade will be
    : exhibited before long and its history
    : disclosed, with many pics of royal ladies
    : wearing it, and parts of it.
    :
    : Edit: It might have had a jolly good clean.
    : I wonder if this points to it being
    : exhibited soon.
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    :
    : Below, this official portrait (not the
    : coronation) shows the entire cockade in the
    : V arrangement.
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    : Queen Alexandra wore the three-piece cockade
    : at her coronation.
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    : --Previous Message--
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    : You're correct, Brock. Tonight we saw the
    : central portion of the cockade on HM for
    : only the second time.
    :
    : And to quote Nellie, it also seems larger
    : here than I remember it.
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