--Previous Message-- : Whatever the tiara chosen by Catherine, all : the press attention will be focused on her, : as it is her premiere at a State banquet, so : the Queen will be kind of outshined anyway : (and probably the Chinese President and : First Lady too... well, maybe the decision : to have the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at : the State banquet could be a mischievious : tactic from the pro-Tibetan Prince of Wales : in order to outshine the Chinese : President... ). : : But if Catherine's "competition" : makes a bigger pressure on Queen Elizabeth : II and drives her to pull out major bling : from her jewel vault, I am OK with that... : : :