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Old 11-26-2005, 10:49 PM
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Cartier Clips

Here is a much better pic of HM wearing the Cartier Clips brooch in Malta yesterday.
These aquamarine and diamond clips were given to the Queen in 1944 by her parents as an eighteenth-birthday present, and are a typically 1940s design, combining baguette, oval and round stones.

source: The Jewels of Queen Elizabeth II by Leslie Field
Pic: thanks to HMQEII, courtesy Terra

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