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    Re: The Princess Royal's Maple Leaf Brooches Archived Message

    Posted by joye on November 14, 2014, 5:41 pm, in reply to "The Princess Royal's Maple Leaf Brooches"

    I have been reorganising my file on Princess Anne's brooches. I came across her strange neck fastening with gold loop. Shown in Arthur's photos.
    What can we make of it please?

    --Previous Message--
    : Princess Anne has not worn one maple-leaf
    : rooch during her visit to Canada, but at
    : least two!
    :
    : You can see here the differences between the
    : two brooches worn on 10th and 11th November:
    :
    : 10th November: an enamelled brooch, with
    : shades of red, yellow and green; the stem of
    : the leaf if bent towards the left (of the
    : Princess, i.e. towards the right for the
    : viewer)
    :
    :
    : 11th November: a golden brooch, with the
    : stem bent towards the right (left for the
    : wiewer). The overall shape of the leaf is
    : also slightly different:
    :
    :
    : 10th November 2014: welcoming ceremony at
    : Rideau Hall, the Governor General of
    : Canada's official residence in Ottawa:
    :
    :
    :
    : Credit for the three pictures above: Sgt
    : Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall (pictures
    : published on the Governor General of
    : Canada's website)
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    : Credit for the four pictures above: Denis
    : Drever, for Canadian Heritage - Patrimoine
    : canadien (pictures found on
    : https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianheritage-patrimoinecanadien/sets/72157648744077297/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fr&utm_campaign=)
    :
    :
    : 10th November, 2014: visit and wreath-laying
    : at Ottawa's National Military Cemetary:
    :
    :
    :
    : Credit for the two pictures above: Canadian
    : Heritage - Patrimoine canadien (pictures
    : found on
    : https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianheritage-patrimoinecanadien/sets/72157648744077297/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fr&utm_campaign=)
    :
    :
    : 10th November 2014: visit to Ottawa's
    : Canadian Police College:
    :
    :
    : Credit for the picture above: Denis Drever,
    : for Canadian Heritage - Patrimoine canadien
    : (picture found on
    : https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianheritage-patrimoinecanadien/sets/72157648744077297/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fr&utm_campaign=)
    :
    :
    : 11th November, 2014: Presentation to the
    : Princess Royal with the third clasp of the
    : Canadian Forces’ Decoration:
    :
    :
    : Credit: MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall
    : (picture published on the Governor-General
    : of Canada's website)
    :
    :
    : 11th November, 2014: Wreath-laying ceremony,
    : in commemoration of the Armistice in 1918
    :
    :
    :
    : Credit for the two pictures above: Denis
    : Drever, for Canadian Heritage - Patrimoine
    : canadien (pictures found on
    : https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianheritage-patrimoinecanadien/sets/72157648744077297/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fr&utm_campaign=)
    :
    :
    : 11th November, 2014: visit of the Ottawa
    : Inuit Children’s Centre:
    :
    :
    : Credit for the two pictures above: Canadian
    : Heritage - Patrimoine canadien (pictures
    : found on
    : https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianheritage-patrimoinecanadien/sets/72157648744077297/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fr&utm_campaign=)
    :
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