And regarding earrings and necklaces that go together, I recall that the earrings belonging with Queen Victoria's Jubilee necklace, which the Queen has worn for many years, were favourite trefoil earrings worn during those same years by the Queen Mother.
--Previous Message-- : In other places, and it might have been a : "People" magazine, Field said that : there was approval from the palace and from : each of the various royal ladies, citing : that Princess Anne returned hers most : promptly. : : The innaccuracies in the book would, : therefore, seem to indicate that the Royal : Family themselves may not be aware of the : history of their own jewels, which is not : uncommon. I doubt if my great-niece will : know the history of a certain suite of : pearls she will ultimately inheret, for : instance. The Queen herself did not realize : that the Girls of Great Britain tiara and : her wedding bandeau went together. So, it : is quite possible that the inaccuracies in : the Field book could have been presumed to : be correct by the Royal Family. : : None of the present generation show the late : Queen Mary's obsessive interest in the : jewels. : : My own mother would be hard pressed to tell : you some of the history of her own pieces : and would likely shrug off an such : inaccuracies. I have a much better : knowledge of her jewellery than she does, as : much as she enjoys wearing it. For her, : they are just ornaments, perhaps : sentimental, perhaps personal, but they go : with this or that outfit or mood and her : interest ends there. : :
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