Posted by Nellie on June 22, 2015, 8:17 am, in reply to "Re: second thoughts"
Roberts states that Camilla (in the pic posted above) is wearing Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Necklace (QECN), which has been shortened for Camilla by nine collets. From 40 to 31.
Precisely which necklace Camilla is wearing I cannot say. Do not know. It might be the shortened QECN.
But, I am now convinced that Roberts erred when Identifying the longer necklace worn by the Queen Mother for that Beaton sitting. The Queen Mother wore the pair of diamond necklaces shown in her official State portrait, for her coronation - which were not the necklaces she wore for the actual event.
I know Baxter has a pic of the QECN as published way back in the egallery, on a yellow background. Every time I search for it in my own pics I can never find it. But it is longer and with smaller collets than in the Beaton and States portraits.
Here are pics I have posted before to show the differences.