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    Re: timeline Archived Message

    Posted by Franck on December 17, 2013, 4:55 pm, in reply to "Re: timeline"

    Dear all,

    I thank you for you answer !

    Best regards,

    Franck

    --Previous Message--
    :
    : Must confess that I did not look at Roberts
    : for the fringe.
    : A significant date in August is the 4th -
    : the birthday of Elizabeth.
    : So perhaps Queen Mary gave a personal gift
    : with the coming crisis, and its possible
    : outcome in mind - and to put her personal
    : tiara out of the reach of someone else!
    :
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    :
    : The National Portrait Gallery (see link)
    : dates that sitting with Dorothy Wilding to
    : January 12, 1937. Unless that was the first
    : time the fringe tiara was used, it is
    : possible that it was worn in the previous
    : year and could be the sixth tiara referred
    : to by Field.
    :
    : Roberts writes that the tiara was given in
    : August 1936. I haven't been able to connect
    : that date to any significant event which
    : would warrant such a gift from Queen Mary.
    : The abdication crisis was soon to begin but
    : perhaps it was already a foregone conclusion
    : within the family.
    :
    :
    :

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