British Royal Jewels of the Past 1: Ending 2021


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Those stones look so beautiful in the gold setting, it's very simple yet elegant. One is very much used to seeing coloured stone being surrounded by diamonds, especially in royal jewels, so this seems a quite different look. But then the necklaces were not meant to be worn by royal ladies, so maybe that's why they 'saved' the diamonds? I don't know much about regency style in jewellery. Do we know examples other examples of jewels from that era?
 
And thankfully still owned by the British Royal Family!
 
I can't help but wonder. Are all of the pieces stored in jewelry store type boxes with the name printed on them in some way, or is it a bunker with lit glass cases with everything displayed. That would be amazing to see.
 
I can't help but wonder. Are all of the pieces stored in jewelry store type boxes with the name printed on them in some way, or is it a bunker with lit glass cases with everything displayed. That would be amazing to see.
One can only speculate about the way the jewels are stored, because such information is not released. It's probably partly for security reasons, that information on the jewels storage is kept secret. Other reasons may be privacy and the wish not to boast of their wealth too much. One way or the other, nothing is known about it publicly.

Personally I assume that the Queen is not too showy about the jewels storage, as she is rather a practically minded and manner of factly person. So I don't think that she would have some museum-like showcases installed for just a hand full of people who have access to the jewels. So I assume that the jewels either sit in their original boxes, or are stored in drawers, with velvet cloth protecting them from dust.
 
:previous: You mean 'a cheap copy of the lover's knot tiara'? Because it is obviously not the original jewel.
 
I think that temporary ban on the coronet's export should be a permanent one. There have been far, far too many cultural treasures important to British history that have been sold and gone overseas IMHO, especially across the Atlantic.
 
I think that temporary ban on the coronet's export should be a permanent one. There have been far, far too many cultural treasures important to British history that have been sold and gone overseas IMHO, especially across the Atlantic.

I agree. The coronet should stay in the UK.
 
This will be a real shame to lose such a historic piece. Queen Mary would be horrified at the loss.
 
Queen Mary would've got that coronet back and it would be back into the family's jewel vault.
 
Queen Mary would've got that coronet back and it would be back into the family's jewel vault.

She should have never given it as a gift to her daughter but better keept it in the main line.
 
I really hope that a buyer is found in the UK and it stays there!
 
She should have never given it as a gift to her daughter but better keept it in the main line.

For all we know Victoria may have told Mary to give it to her daughter for her wedding when young Mary was born.
 
Today I found this picture of Mary, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood wearing her emerald and diamond necklace and bar brooch with her large Belle Epoque diamond tiara. This is the first time I see a picture of HRH with the necklace after she had it altered.

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The Lascelles family was fabulously wealthy by the standards of the 1920's. No financial troubles whatsoever. Queen Mary and King George didn't possess a crystal ball. They didn't know that death duties, taxes and the events of the next half century were going to leave the Earls of Harewood scratching around for money and things to sell.
 
Looking back at the 1953 coronation and the glamor and the glitter and the bling and how everyone went all out to be in their very best, I really would love to see that tradition kept for Charles' coronation.

No one does pomp and circumstance or tradition like the British do and it would be a real shame to cut back on any of it when it comes to be Charles' turn.
 
I wonder who now owns the Harewood scroll Tiara,it was sold off following the death of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood in 1965.
 
Looking back at the 1953 coronation and the glamor and the glitter and the bling and how everyone went all out to be in their very best, I really would love to see that tradition kept for Charles' coronation.

No one does pomp and circumstance or tradition like the British do and it would be a real shame to cut back on any of it when it comes to be Charles' turn.

If it remains a tiara event (and I think many of us hope so) it will be a great opportunity to see where some long-unseen pieces have come to rest, I hope!

A bit off topic - but who among you think the public is offended by tiara appearances, or maybe what they stand for? Or is the issue that tiaras are uncomfortable, too difficult to keep secure or something else? Frankly, I'd rather give up high heels than tiaras!
 
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If it remains a tiara event (and I think many of us hope so) it will be a great opportunity to see where some long-unseen pieces have come to rest, I hope!

A bit off topic - but who among you think the public is offended by tiara appearances, or maybe what they stand for? Or is the issue that tiaras are uncomfortable, too difficult to keep secure or something else? Frankly, I'd rather give up high heels than tiaras!


I think republicans and socialists in general see tiaras as an offensive display of wealth, especially considering that some royal tiaras in particular were not historically acquired with private family funds, but were rather "gifts" from "the "people" to the royal family , or were indirectly purchased with money the royal families got from the State.
 
I think republicans and socialists in general see tiaras as an offensive display of wealth, especially considering that some royal tiaras in particular were not historically acquired with private family funds, but were rather "gifts" from "the "people" to the royal family , or were indirectly purchased with money the royal families got from the State.

I think it was part of the cause for the royals to stop wearing their jewels to oversea official visits (except for The Queen), Royal Variety Performances, Opera's.
 
Although there are those that will whine and complain of the show of wealth, I think in general, the British love a good occasion to break out everything they have and throw a good party. We've seen this with Will and Kate's wedding, with the Diamond Jubilee and the Queen's 90th birthday. I would think that the British would want to go all out for Charles' coronation and that includes seeing all the royals and the aristocrats done up to the nines with everything they've got.

It will be the first British coronation that the majority of the world has seen and quite a majority of the people would be sorely disappointed if it was toned down as to not insult the sensitivities of some.

I, for one, would be glued to the TV and the internet so as not to miss a single minute of it. I want the pomp, I want the traditions and I want all the trappings a royal coronation can muster.
 
I do expect some great jewels to be displayed for Charles's Coronation. Charles is a royal from way back and like women to look grand in jewels.
 
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