..and we have seen that HM picks something out from the store now & again, that she hasn't been seen to wear "on the job" - such as the photo portrait for Scottish Parliament
Not saying this brooch has anything to do with the one we were talking about, just saying that sometimes we see a wild-card...
--Previous Message-- : : Thanks Nellie for the excellent link. : This is the best version I've seen of the : picture. : I think it shows that the central stone is : at the left hand edge of the cloak with : another stone completely under the cloth. : Sometimes photos come to light of the : artist's sittings; it's only then that we : can be really sure. : : : --Previous Message-- : : Scroll down a bit in this story : : : : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2148710/Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-2012-She-brushes-The-worlds-famous-woman--world-famous-artists.html : : : --Previous Message-- : : In the portrait the Queen clearly wears a : brooch not a necklace. : It could be the central section of Queen : Victoria's Diamond and Pearl necklace but I : have never seen that necklace taken apart. : I would say instead it is Queen Alexandra's : Wedding brooch, as seen yesterday, but worn : vertically with a pearl hanging from the : end. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I was not entirely confident about the : Jubilee brooch. : : : --Previous Message-- : Hmm - can't agree with that, I'm afraid. I : don't think it looks the right shape at all. : It reminds me of something else but I just : can't place it at the moment. : : --Previous Message-- : : If you do a google images search for Norman : Hepple you should find a portrait in which : the Queen wears her Vladimir Tiara with : pearls. : In the gap between the ends of her Boat : Cloak I would suggest HMQ wears the Queen : Alexandra Wedding brooch vertically with a : pearl hanging from the end. : Obviously the Queen didn't really take to : this fabulous brooch and having worn it at : Versailles in 1972 I think something else : was tried. : The portrait's date of 1974 seems to fit : perfectly. : Some might say that the Queen wears the : centre of her Diamond and Pearl Jubilee : necklace in the portrait, but I think not. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Laura is perfectly correct! : : Queen Mary retained ownership of the brooch : and earrings to the parure, the Queen : inherited them in 1953, thus bypassing Queen : Elizabeth completely, which is a little : strange as she wore the necklace almost : continuously throughout her life as Queen : Consort and Queen Mother. : --Previous Message-- : Hi Bryce : : Your picture of Queen Elizabeth the Queen : Mother is not Queen Alexandra's brooch. : Rather it is the turquoise brooch that she : received as a wedding gift. : : Laura : : : : : : : : : : : : : :