Posted by Count75 on December 30, 2016, 6:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Consort's crown"
--Previous Message-- : Queen Consorts seem to have worn various head : ornaments for the Opening of Parliament. : : Prior to WWII, QEQM wore her own crown : (without the arches) : : Here on 26 October 1937 : : : During WWII the King drove to Parliament in : a car and the Queen wore day dress and a : hat. : : Below- leaving Westminster 1941 : : : In 1946 a carriage was used, but not the : golden state coach used before the war, and : the Queen wore a hat, not a bejewelled head : ornament. : : : : I think that 1948 was the first year : following the war that full ceremonial was : employed, but perhaps the Queen was still : being low key because of the economic : problems facing the UK. : : As far as I can ascertain a Queen Consort : can wear what ever she likes to the Opening : of Parliament. : : I have never seen images of Queen Alexandra : wearing her own crown; rather she wore Queen : Victoria's small diamond crown. : : : : Queen Mary did not always wear a crown. : Initially, prior to her crowning she wore : Queen Victoria's Regal circlet, then her own : crown without the arches. : : February 1911 wearing the Regal circlet. : : : Occasionally Queen Mary would wear one of : her grand tiaras. : : In March 1913 she wore the Delhi Durbar with : the emeralds. : : : December 1924 : : : Probably the Delhi Durbar in 1933 : : : In 1934 Queen Mary appears to have worn her : own crown. Due to the heavy fog a car was : used instead of the golden state coach. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Perhaps it was decided that consorts should : only wear a crown at the coronation... : : : Thank you very much for the great photos and information.
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