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    Re: Durbar Tiara Archived Message

    Posted by wymanda on July 19, 2014, 6:36 am, in reply to "Re: Durbar Tiara"

    Perhaps she can wear it to travel to the Abbey. I think she will be crowned with HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mothers crown.

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    : My suggestion would allow Camilla to wear
    : the K, at a coronation for Charles only -
    : cost cutting - without having a crown.
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    : I have recalled that I had a theory at one
    : time that the odd bar across the top of this
    : tiara was to hold the Koh-i-nûr, in its
    : frame of rose-cut diamonds.
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    : In the thread below someone referred to the
    : bar but I cannot find that posting.
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    : There is an air of something unfinished
    : about the centre top of this tiara.
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    : I referred to the bar and that I think it
    : spoils the whole appearance. I'm not sure I
    : would want to see a huge stone in a diamond
    : frame on top of the tiara though. Your
    : picture only confirms that the added trefoil
    : and flower-like clusters in the upper part
    : of the tiara are rather clumsy, but I'd
    : still prefer something like that or a
    : diamond of the size of the one at the bottom
    : centre placed on top.
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