Posted by joye on February 4, 2015, 9:42 pm, in reply to "Re: To Franck"
Dear Baxter I have tried to find your photo of The Queen wearing tiara and 2 strand pearls unsuccessfully. Could you help with a larger photo or how to find it please?
--Previous Message-- : Hi Franck, : : In this post from last year I speculated : that this necklace is the Kuwaiti gift based : on when they first appeared. At the time I : had not looked closely at photos from the : Kuwaiti banquet (which are mislabeled on : Getty Images as being in Abu Dhabi.) : However, the only pics I have from the : return banquet (where gifts from the host : were often worn) are not of good quality. : We should not compare them to the HQ photos : we have from other events. Here is one from : Kuwait next to a photo of a similar quality : from Tuvalu where the 'Christmas Message' : pearls were worn. : : : : Looking at the Kuwaiti photo, if we were not : extremely familiar with HM's earrings it is : not really apparent that they contain large : pearl drops, so I don't think this photo : should be used for comparative purposes. : However, looking at the necklaces : side-by-side, I think it is definitely : possible that they are the same. They : appear slightly shorter in Kuwait due to : being worn on top the collar of HM's dress. : : It is interesting that you feel these pearls : are from Queen Mary. Are you basing this : solely on the fact that they are worn with : other jewels from Queen Mary? I've only : ever seen Queen Mary wearing necklaces made : of strands of perfectly round pearls. Also : she also did not seem to favor highly : graduated strands as these are. But of : course that doesn't mean they didn't belong : to Queen Mary. We never saw her wearing the : graduated pearl necklace which was left to : the Duke of Windsor. : : As I've said before, my theory is strictly : speculation on my part and I welcome other : viewpoints. I suppose we'll never know for : sure until information is released from : official sources. :