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The earrings are beautiful and bracelets are stunning,the cross pendant is very Victorian looking .
The earrings are beautiful and bracelets are stunning,the cross pendant is very Victorian looking .
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.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 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.
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.
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!
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.