Re: Holyrood week - Back to "business as usual"? (jewellerywise) Archived Message
Posted by karenl  on July 3, 2014, 11:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Holyrood week - Back to "business as usual"? (jewellerywise)"
Thanks Arthur. As to the ruby earrings worn for the Order of the Thistle ceremony, if I had those gorgeous earrings, green robe or not. I'd wear them with shorts and flip flops if need be.
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: Great account and pictures, thanks Arthur
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: The month of June 2014 was an unusually
: glittering month, during which Queen
: Elizabeth II dazzled us with a bunch of
: brooches which she had until then never
: worn, or worn only once:
: - State visit to France and D-Day 70th
: anniversary: Botswana Flower Brooch,
: Multicolour Diamond Floral Spray, Queen
: Victoria’s Fringe Brooch, Queen-Mother
: Elizabeth’s Ruby Spray Brooch
: - Royal Ascot week: Two Swans Baroque Pearl
: Brooch, Queen-Mother Elizabeth’s Aquamarine
: Art Déco Brooch, Multicolour Diamond Floral
: Spray, Saskatchewan Tourmaline Brooch
: - visit to Northern Ireland: Queen
: Alexandra’s Pearl and Diamond Brooch (from
: her wedding gift parure) and Bronte
: Porcelain Snow-Drop Brooch.
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: Since her return from Northern Ireland, Her
: Majesty seems to have returned to a
: “business as usual” policy in her selection
: of brooches, as she has worn in the past
: days only brooches she has been frequently
: seen with:
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: June 30, 2014: Edinburgh, Ceremony of the
: Keys – Badge of the Royal Regiment of
: Scotland:
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: July 1st, 2014: Palace of Holyroodhouse,
: audience with the Scottish First Minister
: Alex Salmond and the Presiding Officer of
: the Scottish Parliament Tricia Marwick –
: Rhodesian Flame Lily Brooch (presented to
: the then Princess Elizabeth as a 21st
: birthday present by the schoolchildren of
: Southern Rhodesia in 1947 – unless it is the
: identical brooch presented to Queen-Mother
: Elizabeth in 1953 and inherited by Queen
: Elizabeth II after her mother’s death in
: 2002):
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: July 1st, 2014: Palace of Holyroodhouse,
: garden party – Cartier Aquamarine Clips
: (presented to the then Princess Elizabeth by
: her parents as an 18th birthday present in
: 1944):
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: July 2, 2014: Visit to Glasgow Velodrome and
: to Dumfries House – Pearl and Diamond
: Trefoil Brooch (is the origin of this brooch
: known?):
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: July 3, 2014: Edinburgh Castle,
: commemorative service at the Scottish
: National War Memorial – Six-Petal Flower
: Brooch (possibly an engagement gift, as
: Princess Elizabeth wore it in 1947 for her
: engagement to Prince Philip):
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: I find it surprising that Her Majesty has
: not taken the opportunity of this Holyrood
: week to wear one of her thistle-motive
: brooches. Well, may be tomorrow?
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: (pictures source: Zimbio, Daily Mail)
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