Thank you very much Arthur! I'd like to have a pair of earrings like these for myself!
--Previous Message-- : If I well remember, these floral earrings were : a 21st-birthday gift presented to the then : Princess Elizabeth by the Diplomatic Corps : in the UK (source: Field, page 82) - a nice : gesture, isn't it? : : There are several pictures of the young : Princess/Queen wearing these earrings in the : late 1940s/early 1950s, then these earrings : resurfaced again in the 2000s after decades : in the vaults... : : : On 25th November, 2002, at St Martin's : Theatre, London, for the 50th anniversary of : the world's longest-running play, The : Mousetrap : : : : : http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/queen-elizabeth-ii-attends-the-50th-anniversary-of-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/57077433 : : On 17th November, 2008, at the royal : performance and world premiere of the film : "A Bunch of Amateurs" at the Odeon : cinema in London's Leicester Square. : (Credit: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images): : : : : On 2nd June, 2010, for King Constantine II : of Greece's 70th birthday party: : : : http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/queen-elizabeth-ii-embraces-king-constantine-of-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/101583111 : : In 1951, by Karsh of Ottawa: : : : : :