Re: Queen Victoria and Opening of Parliament Archived Message
Posted by Jinja on March 27, 2016, 8:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Victoria and Opening of Parliament"
Nice painting. Its use for Openings of Parliament would have been reason enough, along with its beauty, to place the tiny crown among the crown jewels in the Tower. It is clearly not just a tiara, and it was first worn by a queen regnant, unlike the consort crowns that also reside there.
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