--Previous Message-- : : I should add this reference which does : mention some bequests: : : : http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2002/WillofQueenElizabethTheQueenMother.aspx : : : : --Previous Message-- : Wymanda is right in that the estate by being : left totally to the Queen did not incur any : kind of tax and that Charles will no doubt : inherit his mothers estate in the same way. : However this is always what has happened I : don't think there was any special agreement : made during George VI's life time. : : --Previous Message-- : : I always understood that the inheritance : from QEQM to QEII was under terms arranged : with the government during the reign of : George VI. : : I don't recall ever having read of any : inheritance arrangements made with the : government during the current reign. It : would be good to think a similar arrangement : applies, to avoid any need to sell any part : of the monarch's estate to meet death duties : and similar taxes. : : : --Previous Message-- : Apparently the Queen Mothers estate was left : directly to the Queen so that it did not : incur death duties. Had she left items to : Charles he would have had to pay tax on : them. Sovereign to Sovereign inheritance is : exempt from death duties. Hence I would : expect that HM will leave her entire estate : to Charles with private instruction on items : she wishes Andrew, Edward, Anne & their : families to have. Either that or items will : be given as gifts while HM is alive. : : --Previous Message-- : : That is the official information. : : : --Previous Message-- : : Nelly, the tiara Camilla is wearing is HM's : loan ? : --Previous Message-- : : Publicly we were informed that Queen : Elizabeth II inherited the estate of Queen : Elizabeth the Queen Mother. : : : --Previous Message-- : Who inherited the Mrs Grevels jewels : : Charles : for the tiara but for the necklace and : others ? : : --Previous Message-- : This is such an interesting question! We : know : from Mrs Greville's will that she left her : jewels to Queen Elizabeth with her loving : thoughts! I wish we had a list of those : jewels! : : : --Previous Message-- : Ashdean's comment about an emerald tiara : belonging to Mrs Greville -- possibly : bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth (the Queen : Mother) has prompted my query. : How have people been able to compile lists : of the jewels which were bequeathed to QEQM? : Roberts in the Queen's Diamonds has provided : authoritative evidence for some - but what : evidence is there about other jewels in the : bequest? : I have not read Vincent Meylan's books so I : apologise to you, Vincent, if you have : already written about this. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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