Re: Countess of Wessex wore HM's ruby & diamond earrings for the 70th anniversary of VE Day Archived Message
Posted by Alyend on May 10, 2015, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Countess of Wessex wore HM's ruby & diamond earrings for the 70th anniversary of VE Day"
Thank you Anna N.! It's wonderful to see the Countess wearing jewels like this! --Previous Message-- : Yesterday, The Countess of Wessex represented : HM The Queen at the 70th anniversary of the : Channel Islands liberation. For that : occassion, The Countess wore ruby earrings : on loan from HM The Queen. : : Those are the "Floral", : "Floret" ruby earrings. : From 'The Queen's Jewels' by Leslie Field: : "The earrings are miniature flowers, : the rubies edged with a circle of : brilliant-and baguette-cut diamonds. The : stones for the earrings came from Queen's : private collection. She had been given a : necklace of 96 rubies set in gold by the : people of Burma as a wedding gift... The : diamonds came from a tiara The Queen had : been given as a wedding gift by The Nizam of : Hederabad and Berar." : : Order of Splendor post: : http://queensjewelvault.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-ruby-floret-earrings.html : My post of yesterday's events: : http://hrhcountessofwessex.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-countess-of-wessex-attended-70th.html : Close ups of the earrings. They remind of : pomegranate. : : Has anyone have better pictures of HM in : those earrings? : Anna : : : : : :
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