Posted by Helen on July 7, 2014, 11:11 pm, in reply to "Re: 2 strand pearls"
It could be that it is Anne's own necklace - for which she has received 2 pearls a year. The photo looks as if she is about 4 years old & has 8 pearls
--Previous Message-- : Hello LDMJ and Joye, : : I am not sure about the origins of the : necklace in the pic posted by Joye, but I am : rather sure that it is NOT the pearl : necklace given by George VI to his daughter, : pearl after pearl, and called "The : Queen's First Pearl Necklace" by Leslie : Field in her book The Queen's Jewels . : : In her book (page 102 of the 2002 reprint), : Leslie Field mentions that King George VI, : following Queen Victoria's example, : presented to his daughter Elizabeth two : pearls each year on her birthday, to be : mounted on a thin platinum chain. Which : means that, when the King died in February : 1952, Queen Elizabeth II (who was 25 at the : time), must have had a maximum of 50 pearls : on her necklace. With small pearls, it is : hardly what is necessary to form a single : strand, so not enough to make a two-strand : necklace, as on Joye's pic. : : On these two pictures, the then 18-year-old : Princess Elizabeth (dressed up for a : Christmas pantomime with her sister Margaret : at Windsor Castle in 1944) wears the same : necklace as on Joye’s picture. I have : counted the pearls, and there are : approximately a hundred ones. So it can not : be "The Queen’s First Pearl : Necklace". : : : : : Moreover, Field mentions that the then : 3-year-old Princess Anne wore the "The : Queen’s First Pearl Necklace" at her : mother’s coronation in 1953, and in 1954 for : a photo session. On these pictures, Princess : Anne is wearing a very small necklace, made : of only 8 pearls. So it confirms this : necklace on the pic Joye posted can not be : "The Queen’s First Pearl : Necklace". : : : : : Nevertheless, I actually wonder whether : Field’s assertions are fully reliable, as : far as this "Queen’s First Pearl : Necklace" is concerned. As we can see : on Princess Anne’s pictures, the necklace : includes only 8 pearls, which is not : coherent with the King presenting two pearls : each year to his daughter Elizabeth: as I : wrote earlier, when Elizabeth became Queen : in 1952, the necklace should have had far : more than only 8 pearls... Conclusion: : either King George VI did not present two : pearls each year to his daughter, or : Princess Anne’s necklace is not the Queen’s : one. In both cases, Fields’ information : proves to be partially incorrect. Another : mystery to solve... : : : (Pictures sources: New-York Daily News, : PurePeople, Sunday Post, Pinterest, : miladysboudoir.wordpress.com) : : : --Previous Message-- : This looks like the necklace made up of : pearls : given to the then Princess Elizabeth every : year on her Birthday by her Father. : : --Previous Message-- : Is anything known of these early years 2 : strand pearls please? : : : : : : : : :