Re: QEII's earrings with large pearls and diamonds Archived Message
Posted by Beth on September 5, 2016, 5:28 am, in reply to "Re: QEII's earrings with large pearls and diamonds"
A photo of Queen Alexandra standing next to Queen Mary on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the wedding of Princess Mary in February 1922 caught my eye. I am intrigued by Queen Alexandra's earrings as they look like pearls to me. Unfortunately, I cannot find another photo of Queen Alexandra on that day. While there are clear descriptions of her gown and hat in the press the only reference I can find to her jewels is a brief comment by Queen Mary that Queen Alexandra wore "the Garter & many fine jewels". (Pope Hennessy cites one of Queen Mary's letters on page 520.) I also suspect that these earrings are too big to be the larger set of pearls with a diamond surmount which are now worn by QEII
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