Re: Duchess of Cambridge wearing The Queen Mother's sapphire and diamond fringe earrings Archived Message
Posted by jinja on October 29, 2015, 8:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Duchess of Cambridge wearing The Queen Mother's sapphire and diamond fringe earrings"
I think it is more likely that Prince Charles has given Catherine access to some of the Queen Mother's jewels, since he supposedly has control of them. But they are owned by the Queen, so perhaps she approves the borrowings. And she of course loaned her own wedding bracelet to Catherine. It is interesting that the sapphire earrings were worn by the Queen Mother late in life, unlike the two tiaras the DoC has worn, which were worn by QM when she was Duchess of York. Also true of Queen Mary's diamond choker bracelet, which QM wore with her Greville tiara. I don't think the Queen has worn it.Edit: Queen Elizabeth (QM) also wore the halo tiara in the late 1930s, after she was queen, as illustrated in the thread about it below.
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