Re: Mourning attire edited to include some other detailsArchived Message
Posted by Beth1 on October 20, 2014, 3:43 am, in reply to "Re: Mourning attire"
--Previous Message-- : I am so grateful to all who have contributed : information to this very interesting thread. : I have learnt so much, thank you. : : I hope that, as others find information in : the future, they will share the details with : us, as I suspect there are interesting : details which have yet to be written about : on this board. : : Many thanks for clarifying what jet is : Mauriz, and how substitutes were made. The : details you provided on court mourning in : Brunswick highlight how micro managed the : issue of court mourning was at the time. : Madame Etiquette at her most dictatorial, as : Marie Antoinette might have said! I am sure : that other courts also had similar detailed : rules. : Many thanks Arthur for the photos of Queen : Mary, then Duchess of York, during the : ceremonies associated with the opening of : the Commonwealth of Australia's first : parliament. : : Nellie's detailed description of the jewels : QM wore gave us all the opportunity to know : the details of the jewels, and this was : enhanced by your photos.
Many thanks, Nellie, for re-posting your original post. I had forgotten the details!! : : The painting of the opening ceremony is well : known here, as are some photos of that event : - but the photos were taken at a distance : and QM's jewels are not distinct in them. : : --Previous Message-- : I thought they celebrated. : : : : :