Re: Countess of Wessex wore HM's ruby & diamond earrings for the 70th anniversary of VE Day Archived Message
Posted by joye  on May 12, 2015, 10:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Countess of Wessex wore HM's ruby & diamond earrings for the 70th anniversary of VE Day"
Surely this is the swag ruby necklace and matching earrings.
--Previous Message--
: Surely, Sophie deserves to wear real stuff,
: and not fake jewels!
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: I am happy to have this opportunity to get a
: good view of the Queen's Burmese ruby
: earrings (I call them that way, in parallel
: to the Burmese ruby tiara, to which they are
: visibly a deliberate match).
:
: Which makes me wonder about the whereabouts
: of the Burmese ruby tiara itself. If my
: records are OK, the last time the Queen wore
: this tiara (with other earrings) was on 27th
: October 2009, for the State banquet at
: Windsor Castle, during the State visit paid
: by the President of India, Mrs Prathibha
: Devi Singh Patil:
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: As far as I can guess, this tiara - which
: was made with stones from dismantled jewels
: presented to the Queen for her wedding in
: 1947 - should be considered as a private
: jewel. And therefore, the Queen would
: probably be free to loan, or to give, it to
: any member of the family she wants. I admit
: it is only speculation from me, though (as
: this matter of distribution of the Queen's
: jewels between her personal private
: collection and the Royal Collection is all
: but clear!).
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