Evidence - but no answer Archived Message
Posted by Baxter  on September 1, 2014, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Movement of Queen Mary's Jewellery"
There is proof that the Queen Mother had access to a fringe necklace while Consort. Roberts quotes the Garrard ledger describing the work done on Queen Adelaide's fringe for QEQM: "Arranging all diamond Russian type of tiara for wear as a diamond necklace with concealed snap at back." However what makes no sense to me is the date - 24 March 1936. Why would the then-Duchess of York be altering a piece of Crown jewelry just two months after the death of George V? Certainly the abdication was not a forgone conclusion at that point.
The answer could be that the entry in the Garrard ledger was not for the Crown fringe, but instead for one which had been inherited from Princess Victoria who had just died the previous December. That still does not explain why neither fringe made an appearance on the Queen Mother until 1953 nor which one was worn during her widowhood. Perhaps that is something that will remain a mystery, such as why the Queen Mother had the Diamond Diadem altered in 1937, but never apparently wore it.
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