The "crown collection" is not the "Royal Collection" is not "private property" etc etc. Heirlooms of the crown are not the Roytal Collection. If this board cannot get the hang of "ownership" realities then I don't know what the fans are going to make of it all.
--Previous Message-- : But since it was private property, couldn't : Queen Mary have given the tiara to Queen : Elizabeth, and QEII then inherited it from : her mother? It seems to be among the : jewels, once the Queen Mother's, that the : Queen now loans to Charles. Good question : whether any of these have been placed in the : crown collection. :