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    Re: Queen Victoria's Emerald Fringe Earrings (& other baubles) Archived Message

    Posted by Arthur on October 18, 2014, 9:14 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Victoria's Emerald Fringe Earrings (& other baubles)"

    Queen Mary almost always wore her brooches at the centre of her collar or of her corsage. Her grand-daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, on the contrary, almost always wear her brooches on one side or the other, and very rarely at the centre.

    Queen Elizabeth II wore a full stomacher only once - Queen Mary's diamond stomacher, for her golden jubilee reception with the other reigning monarches, I think:



    Otherwise, she has worn only the bottom section of the stomacher - and often on the shoulder, as pointed out by Alyend.




    --Previous Message--
    : I noticed in one of the pictures posted by
    : Arthur that the Queen is wearing the lower
    : part of Queen Mary's diamond stomacher, and
    : that she's wearing it in the proper place
    : and not on her shoulder as she used to do in
    : her youth. I think she has rarely worn it
    : properly as a stomacher.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : Actually, these earrings were worn several
    : times by Queen Elizabeth II, and also by
    : Queen Alexandra. I have no pictures of Queen
    : Mary or Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth wearing
    : them.
    :
    : 1902: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra's
    : Coronation. The Queen wears Queen Victoria's
    : emerald fringe earrings suspended from Queen
    : Victoria's bow brooches, pinned at the
    : bottom of her dress:
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    : 1953, New-Zealand:
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    : 1967: Ottawa, Canada:
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    : 1972: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK:
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    : --Previous Message--
    : Wow wow. I have never noticed the Queen's
    : emerald & diamond earrings in other
    : small photos of this State Banquet. I have
    : never seen worn by the Queen - or any other
    : member of the RF - in other occasions.
    :
    : Extra-ordinary!!
    :
    : Thanks so much Arthur. It's a shame the
    : overprinted caption but it really says it
    : all - Extreme Jewellery!! No doubts about
    : it!
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : Hello,
    :
    : while wandering on the net, I have found
    : this large picture of Queen Elizabeth II
    : during her State Visit to Austria in 1969.
    :
    : The Queen is wearing Queen Alexandra's
    : Peeresses Kokoshnik Tiara, the Emerald
    : Godman Necklace, Queen Mary's True Lovers
    : Knot Brooch and Queen Victoria's Emerald
    : Fringe Earrings.
    :
    : It is the best picture I have ever seen of
    : these rarely seen earrings.
    :
    : According to Leslie Field, these earrings
    : were purchased by Queen Victoria in April
    : 1850, and left by her to the Crown.
    :
    : Enjoy!
    : (and sorry for the silly caption overprinted
    : on the picture, for which I am not
    : responsible)
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