Re: Durbar tiara not at Camilla's disposal anymore? Archived Message
Posted by Franck on March 2, 2016, 11:26 am, in reply to "Durbar tiara not at Camilla's disposal anymore?"
Dear Arthur, I have the same feelings as you. I do think she has been loaned this tiara only once contrary to the other jewels. I have also the same feeling with the hallo tiara loaned to the Duchess of Cambridge for her wedding. Last but not least, I have read that the Duchess of Cornwall has worn the Teck cresent tiara for the diplomatic corps receptions and for private events (Reported by people at the events) Franck --Previous Message-- : While working on the history and evolution of : the Durbar tiara, I have noticed two : details, that lead me to think that the : Durbar tiara is not at the disposal of the : Duchess of Cornwall anymore: : : : 1) When the Duchess of Cornwall wore the : Durbar tiara on 25th October 2005 for the : State banquet of the Norwegian State visit, : the base of the tiara was wrapped with a : pale yellow fabric (matching the hair colour : of the Duchess), as it is usual to make : tiaras more comfortable to wear: : : : : But when the Durbar tiara was displayed in : 2012 (first pictured for Hugh Roberts' The : Queen's Diamonds , then displayed at : Buckingham Palace's Diamond Jubilee summer : exhibition), this fabric wrapping had been : removed, so that the metallic base of the : tiara frame was visible: : : : : : : Why removing this fabric wrapping if the : tiara was at Camilla's disposal and could : possibly be worn again by her? All the other : tiaras displayed at the Diamond Jubilee : exhibition in 2012 at Buckingham Palace (the : Girls of Great-Britain and Ireland Tiara, : Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik...) still had : their base wrapped with fabric, matching : with the Queen's grey hair. Only the Durbar : tiara had the wrapping removed, which leads : me to think that it was not intended to be : worn again by the Duchess of Cornwall. : : : 2) This impression was reinforced by the : slight, but probably careful, differences of : wording by Hugh Roberts in The Queen's : Diamonds : : - about the Greville Honeycomb tiara: the : tiara " was inherited by The Queen in : 2002 and has since been loaned to The : Duchess of Cornwall " (page 240) : - about the Teck Crescent tiara: the tiara : " was inherited by The Queen in 2002 : and has since been loaned to The Duchess : of Cornwall " (page 122) : - about the Greville Festoon necklace: the : necklace " was inherited by The Queen : in 2002 and has since been loaned to The : Duchess of Cornwall " (page 250) : - about Queen(Mother) Elizabeth's Coronation : riviere: the riviere " was inherited by : The Queen in 2002 and has since been loaned : to The Duchess of Cornwall " (page : 224) : - but for the Delhi Durbar tiara, the choice : of words is different: the tiara " : remained with [Queen Elizabeth the Queen : Mother] until her death in 2002. In 2005 , : it was loaned by The Queen to The Duchess : of Cornwall " (page 178). : : I guess that these differences are not just : a mere coincidence. I understand them as if : the Durbar tiara was only a one-shot loan : from the Queen to her new daughter-in-law : for the Norwegian State banquet in October : 2005 (maybe for her to "make a : statement" for her first State banquet : as the wife of the Prince of Wales, a few : months after their wedding?), with the tiara : reverting back to the Queen's vaults soon : after the banquet - contrary to the other : jewels mentioned above, which seem to be : permanent lifetime loans. : : So, I think we should not expect too much : Camilla to wear the Durbar tiara again (at : least during Queen Elizabeth II's lifetime), : and we should not include this tiara in the : collection of jewels at her disposal... : : Anyway, I hope the Duchess of Cornwall will : give us more surprises in her choice of : tiaras in the next months, instead of always : sticking to the Greville Honeycomb tiara - : why not the Teck Crescent tiara for the next : State Opening of the Parliament? : : :
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