Posted by Cynthia on March 15, 2014, 1:10 pm, in reply to "It is not a list"
Perhaps along the same lines as the previous duchess of Kent, who also seemed to subscribe to the "jewels come from the husband" school of thought. The countess of Paris certainly had access to an amazing collection at one time.
I guess : that the idea was that as they had married : into royal families, they would be given : jewels by their husbands. And in a way, they : were. :