Posted by Cyndi on May 1, 2014, 9:58 pm, in reply to "Re: family orders"
Thanks bob and nellie! I had ne ver seen the minitures, or the buckles. They're beautiful and so intricate. If they could only talk, what fasninating stories they could tell!
--Previous Message-- : : Edit: I am happy to run again the story of : the V&A if newer members would like to read : it, with pics of course. : : : Bob, as I understand the history, what we : know today as family orders began with : Edward VII and have continued in that : tradition, very like the George IV. : : In earlier times the monarch gave a jewelled : item as a personal "thankyou" I : suppose, more or less. : : Victoria and Albert started with a miniature : given to a daughter, and that evolved into : the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert - : which was not confined to family. : : : From Royal Orders , Hugo Vickers, 1994 : " Queen Victoria created her own Order, : the Order of Victoria and Albert, which was : founded on 10 February 1862, and given to : Princesses of the Blood Royal and other : ladies favoured by the Queen. She wore a : decoration with a badge on which the Prince : Consort's head was cut in front ot hers. : All the others were the other way round. : " : : : : --Previous Message-- : Thanks Nellie, I've never seen QV's : miniatures, although I have seen the William : IV buckles. Now that you mention them, I : remember that they were used instead of : family orders. : : I guess QV did not want to be associated : with George IV, so would not want to wear : his order, and William's buckles don't : easily lend themselves to wearing. Makes : sense. : : :
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