Re: A Question on QEII's Pearls Archived Message
Posted by Arthur  on July 21, 2014, 6:51 pm, in reply to "Thanks Arthur, duly noted - n/t"
Here is the link to the thread I was talking about in my previous post:
http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/thread/1376518802.html
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: Hello Bryce,
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: this is indeed the same necklace as the one
: worn by Camilla on the pictures I have
: posted.
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: We had discussed a few months ago the pearl
: necklace bequeathed to the Queen-Mother by
: Mrs Greville, but, if I well remember, we
: could not conclude with certainty that the
: necklace worn on these pictures by the
: Queen-Mother or the Duchess of Cornwall is
: the Greville necklace. It is a possibility,
: but we do not have the definitive proof of
: it.
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: Thanks adca and Arthur.
: I thought that the pearls worn at the York
: wedding (1st pic with HM in periwinkle) was
: a different necklace.
: Probably just the angle/lighting on the
: clasp made it appear to be different.
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: I will update my note thanks to your help.
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: Thank you too for the Ruby clasp photos. I
: thought that they had been spotted in the
: last little while but could not remember
: when
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: It's funny as it turns out - I just came
: across a good picture of Queen Elizabeth's
: pearls. My notes indicate that they were
: part of the Greville inheritance.
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: Cheers!
: Bryce
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: With the exception of the Hanoverian Pearl
: Necklace (and of her pearl chokers, of
: course), Queen Elizabeth II does not seem to
: play a lot with her clasps: she usually
: keeps them at the back of her neck.
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: I have spotted a pearl necklace with a ruby
: clasp on Queen Elizabeth II only once, on
: October 30, 2012, at Covent Garden Royal
: Opera House. The ruby clasp was worn at the
: back:
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: I do not know which is the origin of this
: necklace. In The Queen's Jewels , Leslie
: Field mentions that " one of the Queen
: Mother's most impressive two-row pearl
: necklace has been made from 222 pearls with
: a clasp of two magnificent rubies surrounded
: by diamonds which had originally belonged to
: the ruler of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh. After
: Britain annexed the Punjab in 1849, the
: pearls were presented to Queen Victoria by
: the East India Company ". I have been
: tempted to match this description with the
: necklace worn by the Queen on the picture
: above, as the ruby clasp visible at the back
: of the Queen's neck seems to fasten only the
: two shorter rows (the third longer row could
: be a separate necklace). But if I try to
: count the pearls of the two shorter rows, I
: am far from 222 pearls (I reach
: approximately 100):
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: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, regularly
: wears a three-row pearl necklace from the
: Queen-Mother, whose Art Déco diamond clasp
: she wears either at the back, on the side or
: at the front:
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: In Cardiff, on June 5, 2007:
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: At Ascot horse races, on June 19, 2007:
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: In Saint-Hélier, Jersey, July 18, 2012:
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: In Dehradun, India, November 7, 2013:
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: Can anyone enlighten me as to whether these
: are the same double strand of pearls? I
: think not, but I am not 100% sure.
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: Also, which (if either) are the Hanoverian
: Pearls.
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: Are there any other pearls that HM has worn
: highlighting the clasp - maybe QV's pearls
: with the ruby clasp??
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: As always, thanks so much for your input.
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: Bryce
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