I do not have a Facebook account, so I can not answer to the Royal Collection on their Facebook official page, but if anyone is kind enough to transmit my wishes, may he or she be blessed!
Of course, we must ask for jewels, jewels, and more jewels! Though we should not forget that the Royal Collection also includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture and various artefacts which are not less valuable than the jewels!
As for jewels, a comprehensive (and illustrated!!!) inventory of the Greville bequest would be a treat for me! Especially if we can have at last a clear picture of the Greville emerald necklace!
I would be glad too if the Royal Collection could clarify the different levels of ownership of jewels (and other artworks) and help us to distinguish the following concepts: "heirlooms of the Crown" / Royal Collection (whose collections are supposed to be "owned by The Queen in her capacity of Sovereign and held in trust for the nation") / privately-owned items.
I have to say I am sometimes a bit disoriented between these concepts and do not know for sure in which category each jewel should be classified (and according which criteria?), and which are the rules for each of these categories. For instance, Queen Anne and Caroline's pearl necklaces are supposed to have been designated as "heirlooms of the Crown" by Queen Victoria, yet they were presented as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, though she was at that time only the heir-apparent, and could have theoretically been replaced as successor by a younger brother in case the King had fathered a son. Some other jewels were presented to the Queen as wedding gifts or bequeathed to her by family members (including all the jewels bequeathed by Queen Mary to her grand-daughter in 1953!); therefore, I would have classified these jewels as private jewels; yet some of them are visibly part of the Royal collection, with an inventory number, etc. (e.g. Prince Philip's wedding gift diamond bracelet, the Cullinans, the Vladimir tiara...). It would be fine to know better about that...
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on July 11, 2014, 1:03 pm, in reply to "
Though we should not forget that the Royal Collection also includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture and various artefacts which are not less valuable than the jewels! 