Posted by joye on October 5, 2015, 8:54 pm, in reply to "The brooch"
There is a story that on Princess Alices's wedding day, as she drove away from the reception that Tsar Nicolas chased after the car- and Alice was said to say "Nicolas you are an ass."
abbn --Previous Message-- : : I now think the stone from the brooch worn : by Princess Alice could be a Ceylon sapphire : now worn by the Countess of Wessex, which : has been assumed to be an aquamarine. : Possible? : : : :