Re: Queen Mary and Edward VIII and the jewels Archived Message
Posted by Nellie  on December 19, 2013, 3:42 pm, in reply to "Queen Mary and Edward VIII and the jewels"
OK. Queen Mary probably gave her own fringe tiara to Elizabeth with the best of intentions. Elizabeth would be needing a more formal looking tiara while she continued to be the wife of the heir.
Perhaps some courtiers helped to keep some safes locked up by using delaying tactics. That would fit I think. This is all speculation on my part, of course.
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: Queen Mary had a profound respect for monarchy
: and the Monarch. She knelt and kissed her
: son's hand when he became King at his
: father's passing. I would expect that,
: however unsavory it would have been to her,
: if the King asked for the heirloom jewels,
: she would hand them over - however
: begrudgingly.
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: The fringe tiara, we now know, was her own
: personal possession. She was free to give
: it to whomever she wanted to. If indeed she
: gave it to the Duchess of York in August
: 1936, it most probably wasn't to keep it
: away from the grubby hands of Mrs Simpson.
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