Re: Butterfly brooch - bequest to the Duchess of Cornwall??? Archived Message
Posted by Ashdean on January 26, 2016, 8:47 am, in reply to "Re: Butterfly brooch - bequest to the Duchess of Cornwall???"
Indeed they were close in a edition of Country Life magazine Charles said his favourite painting was a landscape of the Devonshires Yorkshire estate which belonged personally to Debo --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you, Malluu and Cristina! : : Maridje posted in 2014 on this board this : picture of the amazing collection of insect : brooches of the late Duchess of Devonshire: : : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1411601758.html : : : : Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, recently wore, : on at least two occasions, a butterfly : diamond brooch, which looks strikingly : similar to the one pictured above (top row, : third brooch from the left). : Could this butterfly brooch have been : bequeathed by the late Dowager Duchess of : Devonshire to the Duchess of Cornwall? Were : these two ladies close to each other? : : 27th November 2015: Visit to Malta, in : connection with the Commonwealth summit: : : : : 25th December, 2015: Christmas service in : Sandringham: :In answer to your query Arthur : Recently I read the autobiography of Debo : Devonshire called "Wait for me" : & in it she wrote of her very close : & personal friendship with Charles The : Prince of Wales. Appeared as though they : shared a wise mature age friendship : together. No reason why the brooch could not : be a gift for his Wife, the similarity is : obvious. : : : : : : :
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