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    Re: QEII brooch Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on November 18, 2013, 3:41 am, in reply to "Re: QEII brooch"


    Thanks for the pics Maridje. It is one of my favourite brooches.


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    : Queen Victoria's diamond and pearl brooch.
    :
    : "Another brooch that Queen Victoria
    : left to the Crown was a large diamond-shaped
    : design set with numerous diamonds, eight
    : large pearls and three pendant pearl
    : drops."
    :
    : Leslie Field, The Queen's Jewels: The
    : Personal Collection of Elizabeth II,
    : (London: Arabdale Press, 2002), p. 110
    :
    : This brooch should have reverted to the
    : Crown and been placed at the disposal of the
    : Queen, upon her accession. However the Queen
    : Mother retained it, and wore it often in her
    : later years. It returned to the Queen in
    : 2002.
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    :
    : QEII 2009 Christmas
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