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Re: Some more info & pics
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Posted by Cristina
on June 5, 2014, 3:53 pm, in reply to "
Some more info & pics
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Thank you very much Marianne. Such interesting information on the present whereabouts of this historic piece of jewelry.
And how amazing it is that this tiara has "survived" such an horrific accident and still is worn today...
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: Here's some extra info which I received from a
: kind jewel expert per email (Thank You !!)
: about the jewels worn yesterday in
: Westminster Palace for the State Opening of
: the British Parliament.
: Next to the jewels worn by Queen Elizabeth
: II and the Duchess of Cornwall, another
: royal jewel could be spotted in the House of
: Lords: the turquoise, moonstone and diamond
: kokoshnik tiara of Grand-Duchess Eleonore of
: Hesse-Darmstadt.
:
: This morning, Martina has asked about this
: tiara on the RJWMB, and Nellie has replied,
: but without identifying the tiara (though
: she has posted a Getty picture on which it
: can be seen).
: You can see the Hessian tiara on these three
: (larger) pictures from Zimbio (for each pic,
: I indicate both the link to Zimbio's page
: with the caption, and the link to the
: enlarged pic itself):
:
:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UjUwzgfj9xG/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament/torAicJ5UH-
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http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament+torAicJ5UH-x.jpg
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http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UjUwzgfj9xG/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament/0qIaoR2U_Ok
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http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament+0qIaoR2U_Okx.jpg
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http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UjUwzgfj9xG/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament/19Z_GeFPASM
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http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Queen+Elizabeth+II+Attends+State+Opening+Parliament+19Z_GeFPASMx.jpg
:
: The tiara is worn by the lady wearing a grey
: outfit, on the right of the 1st picture, and
: in the middle of the 2nd and 3rd pictures.
:
: According to Geoffrey Munn's book Tiaras - A
: History of Splendour, (pages 279 and
: 283-285), this tiara was presented in 1905
: by Grand-Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse and By
: Rhine (Hesse-Darmstadt) as a Christmas gift
: to his second wife Eleonore of
: Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, shortly after their
: wedding.
: This tiara was in the plane transporting the
: Grand-Ducal family to London in 1937 for the
: wedding of Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
: to the Hon. Margaret Geddes; Munn mentions
: the tiara was intended as a wedding gift
: from Dowager Grand-Duchess Eleonore to the
: bride. As we all know, the plane
: unfortunately crashed near Ostende in
: Belgium, killing the whole family (except
: Ludwig and Margaret, who were already in
: Britain).
: But the tiara, which was probably kept in a
: strong-box, went intact and was inherited by
: Margaret, who often wore it.
: Last year, for the State Opening of
: Parliament on May 8th, 2013, this tiara was
: already spotted on the same lady.
: It was then speculated on the RJWMB that
: this lady might be Susan, wife of Baron Euan
: Geddes, a nephew of Margaret Geddes who is
: also a deputy speaker of the House of Lords.
: As Ludwig and Margaret had no children, it
: seems to be a plausible conclusion that
: Margaret bequathed the tiara to her nephew.
:
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http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1368045123.html
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http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1368111186.html
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http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1368111388.html
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State Opening of Parliament - bracelet
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June 4, 2014, 9:43 am
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June 5, 2014, 4:55 am
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June 5, 2014, 5:11 am
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June 5, 2014, 5:14 am
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Martina
June 5, 2014, 5:44 am
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Nellie
June 5, 2014, 5:50 am
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Nellie
June 5, 2014, 6:38 am
Some more info & pics
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Marianne
June 5, 2014, 6:33 am
Re: Some more info & pics
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Cristina
June 5, 2014, 3:53 pm
Re: Some more info & pics
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Cynthia
June 5, 2014, 4:26 pm
Thank you, Marianne!
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Martina
June 6, 2014, 5:42 am
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