All very interesting and well put.....I've learnt a lot. Thanks.
--Previous Message-- : : 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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