Lengthening and shortening did go on, in all generations I suspect, which makes these identifications so problematic.
--Previous Message-- : Bonjour Franck, : : I am a bit puzzled by your message. For me, : the rivières worn by Queen Elizabeth II on : Bryce's initial picture, at the opening : ceremony of the London Olympic Games and : possibly on your post's first picture (taken : on 19 November 2012 at a Royal Variety : Performance) look very much alike, so I : suspect they could be the same. But of : course, with so many rivières available for : the Queen, I can be wrong... : : Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth's Coronation : rivière was inherited by the Queen in 2002, : but has been loaned to the Duchess of : Cornwall, who had it shortened by nine : collets (source: Hugh Roberts' The Queen's : Diamonds ). : : : --Previous Message-- : Dear Bryce, : : What an interesting photo ! : : Please note that from my own point of : view,Queen Elizabeth II has on least 6 : diamonds collets necklaces : : : 1° From Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother : : : - The Duchess of Teck's collet necklace : ((The lowest of the diamond collet necklaces : owned by Queen Mary) : - The Queen Elizabeth's coronation necklace : (was given to Queen Elizabeth by King George : VI to mark their coronation on 12 May 1937) : ; : - The diamond collett necklace given as : Duchess of York by the Duke of York : (Purchased by the Duke of York with the : Queen Elizabeth's Halo Tiara barely three : weeks before he succeeded his brother as : King George VI ( From Field and the QD) : : Nellie also made a panel of the collet : diamond necklaces owned by Queen Elizabeth : the Queen Mother. : - 2°Queen Elizabeth II : : : We know that she inherited on least 2 collet : diamond necklaces from Queen Mary (She had 8 : principal collet diamond necklaces) : : - From that we know that she had Queen : Alexandra's collet necklace. : Queen Elizabeth II wore this necklace in : Toronto in 2010. I have never seen a photo : Queen Elizabeth this necklace at an other : event. : - an longest collet diamond necklace. She : wore this necklace in New Zealand, in Wales, : in UAE in 2010.This diamond necklace is the : most worn by Queen Elizabeth II ; : [img] [/img] : : - a small diamond collet necklace worn at : the opening ceremony at the Olympic Games in : 2012. (To me it is the only time she has : worn this necklace) : [img] [/img] : [img] [/img] : - An other one diamond necklace worn when : she was young (Your post) - She has also : worn this collet nekclace with a black dress : when she was worn - I don't know if it the : same as the below one - What do you think ? : The collets seems biggers ? : : Please also note that I have asked the site : "the Queen's jewels vault' to do the : modifications. : : Best regards, : : Franck : : --Previous Message-- : 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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