In Arthur's first picture, it is nice to see HM wearing her corsage badge of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India which we will no doubt never seen worn again.
Cheers! Bryce
--Previous Message-- : Hello Bryce, : : judging from the picture below, which seems : to be from the same event, I think it is : indeed a diamond collet rivière. : : : : I think that this diamond rivière, which : seems to be made of rather small collets (if : compared, for instance, to the bigger : collets of Queen Victoria's Coronation : Necklace), could be the same as the one worn : by the Queen on 27 July 2012 for the opening : ceremony of the London Olympic Games: : : : : It is probably one of the many rivières that : Queen Mary loved to pile on one another : around her neck... : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Can anyone confirm that this is a necklace : of : collet diamonds. It is always hard to tell : them apart but, if anyone happens to know : which necklace this is, that would be great. : : At first I thought it might be the South : African necklace but there does not seem to : be the right spacing between collets. : : I do not recall HM wearing collets (other : than the Coronation NL) very often so this : photo seems a bit rare to me. : : As always, I would appreciate your insight. : : : : Cheers! : Bryce : : :
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