The logic of what you are arguing is compelling Arthur and Helen. I suspect we will never know the precise origin of this set of pearls, although one possibility is that Princess Elizabeth had the pearls given to her by her grandfather restrung. I have never believed that one of the three strand necklaces HM wears during the day is that given to her by her grandfather because of the difference in the neck size of a child and that of an adult. It is also possible that HM's parents give her this necklace as a present when she was a teenager. There are so many possibilities.
--Previous Message-- : Hello Helen, : : that's what I have thought. That would be : coherent with Anne's age. But that implies : that Field was wrong when she wrote that : Anne wore her mother's necklace at the 1953 : coronation - which is possible, as we now : know there are some mistakes in Fields' : information (e. g. the confusion between : Queen Adelaide's and Queen Mary's fringe : tiaras) and that Field received very limited : support from the Royal Household. : : Anyway, it still not solve the query about : the origin of the necklace worn by the young : Princess Elizabeth on the pic by Joye. As I : said, this necklace has too many pearls to : be the one presented by King George VI. : : --Previous Message-- : 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? : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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