Diana, Princess Of Wales Jewellery 1

[jcbcode99]

Can you blame her? I'd say that piece was returned to the royal collection along with the Cambridge Lover's Knot, Queen Mary's choker, and (what else was there? A bracelet?)----
I hope to one day see William's wife wearing the necklace that the PoW had made for Diana that simply says "William" on it. Beautiful. You can't tell me never loved her. That's a truly romantic gift.

[sirhon11234]

Originally Posted by jcbcode99

Can you blame her? I'd say that piece was returned to the royal collection along with the Cambridge Lover's Knot, Queen Mary's choker, and (what else was there? A bracelet?)----
I hope to one day see William's wife wearing the necklace that the PoW had made for Diana that simply says "William" on it. Beautiful. You can't tell me never loved her. That's a truly romantic gift.

I didn't mean she stoped wearing the neckalace she just stoped wearing a jem with it.

[sirhon11234]

Camilla steps out in Diana's favourite diamond brooch | the Daily Mail

Heres the daily mail article.

[jcbcode99]

I've been searching but cannot find the long running discussion regarding the brooches in either the Camilla or Diana Jewels thread. BUT, I know that one of our beloved moderators can find it. I do agree--the pieces are eerily similar, but then again, how many design choices do you really have with a PoW feather brooch? I think the problem is that the ones that are available are all generations old family pieces. No new ones (well, the one made for the Duchess of Windsor) have been made since Queen Alexandra.
I will stand by my statement though--these are family pieces. Diana did not own the exclusive rights to the PoW feather brooch; they are royal pieces. So, if she wants to wear them she has that option and that right. BUT, frankly, I can't see why she would want to and apparently she feels that way, also.
And, yes, on the posted pics, it is impossible to tell the difference--but I assure you, there is. I wish that Magnolia's site would reopen!!!!!

[jcbcode99]

I found the post! Skydragon posted a very impressive description of the two brooches, and there are also pictures showing the difference. The post says there was an error with the thumbnail--but just click on them and you'll see both brooches.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...3-post116.html

The number of diamonds is different, the shape of the emerald drops is different. Just as Casiraghi Trio said, they're the same but different. Both were wedding gifts to Queen Alexandra, and Magnolia's site has a photo of all of the emerald gifts closeup, but we can't access the site to show that particular picture.

[daisygoogles]

Originally Posted by jcbcode99

I found the post! Skydragon posted a very impressive description of the two brooches, and there are also pictures showing the difference. The post says there was an error with the thumbnail--but just click on them and you'll see both brooches.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...3-post116.html

The number of diamonds is different, the shape of the emerald drops is different. Just as Casiraghi Trio said, they're the same but different. Both were wedding gifts to Queen Alexandra, and Magnolia's site has a photo of all of the emerald gifts closeup, but we can't access the site to show that particular picture.

Thanks for searching and finding this post.
The first picture from the link above by skydragon is definatly the brooch that CPB wears. It is a closeup of her actually wearing it. The second picture is a brooch from a suite of jewels given to Queen Alexandra. The picture just showcases the suite of jewels.
Looking at the picture from the suite of jewels that brooch does not look like Diana's at all .
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...JewelsPOST.jpg

.In the picture of the suite of jewels above, it appears that the bottom part of the PoW feathers does not have any stones there. Close ups of Diana definately shows stones. Another thing I noticed in CPB's brooch and Diana's is that on the bottom part of the PoW's feathers on either side there are two dark stones that showup in this picture of Diana wearing her PoW's feather necklace:and in the closeup of CPB wearing her brooch
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...nldoeserPO.jpg


here is another picture of Diana wearing her necklace:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...3&d=1075216764

To me the two pieces do look the same. And of course CPB may wear anything that is offered to her by the Queen, I am not debating that at all. I just don't see any difference what so ever.
They may very well be two different pieces. I guess we will never know. Considering that there are probably at least a few pieces of PoW's feathers, maybe another piece that didn't look so much the same would have been a better choice.

[ayvee]

Well, I for one think Camilla is wearing Diana's brooch. HELLO magazine, Feb. 13, 2007, no.956, p.24-25 says this:

"...Just how sensitive the memory of Diana is, even in the area of jewellery, became apparent last October at a film premiere when it was spotted that Camilla was wearing a brooch previously worn by Diana, made up of the three-feathered Prince of Wales insignia surrounded by a circle of diamonds and with an emerald pendant attached. At the time, few people realised that the brooch had been worn without any controversy earlier in the summer, when the Duchess attended the opening by the Queen of the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden in Edinburgh."

Here is a scan of the article:
p. 24 - hello1.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
p. 25 - hello2.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

And a picture of the brooch:
princeofwalesbrooch.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

I've seen hi-res photos of this brooch on Camilla and as a pendant on Diana and as a jeweler/goldsmith, I couldn't see much difference in the setting and in the number of stones surrounding the Prince of Wales' feather. So, I think it's one and the same. But this is just my opinion and I accept that others may believe otherwise.

Respectfully,

Ayvee

[jcbcode99]

I really don't believe that they are for two reasons:

One, WHY would Camilla want to risk being seen wearing an item which Diana wore? That is unfathomable. If she were wearing Diana's jewels, that would make her appear to feel insecure, and Camilla is not insecure. Also, I doubt that Camilla would want to ever do anything to offend her stepchildren. That brooch was presented to HRH The Princess of Wales for the occasion of her wedding to HRH The Prince of Wales. Although she returned it when she became Diana, Princess of Wales, I am certain that that piece was earmarked for Prince William's future bride. Nobody ever thought Camilla would wear it.

2) I am sure that there are many PoW feather brooches. Can we really believe that there is only one? Ursula's site shows two brooches that were wedding gifts to Queen Alexandra: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...3-post116.html
which clearly shows that there were at least two emerald drop PoW brooches. Obviously Diana received one, and Camilla has the other.

That's what I think. The photos on Ursula's site are the best we'll see until Magnolia's is open again (it actually shows several pieces of jewellery on a pink velvet background and shows the Duchess wearing one and Diana wearing the other. It has fantastic detail, and when the brooches are side by side like that, it is impossible to not tell the difference.

[daisygoogles]

being relatively new here ,what is Ursala's site?...and where can I find it.
Thanks .

[jcbcode99]

Heavens! I forgot to add Ursula's site! Daisygoogles--Ursula's site is a big ole candy box of important jewels of each Royal Family. You'll love it.
Emerald Jewels | Wedding gifts to Queen Alexandra | Camilla Duchess of Cornwall
Here you go--it shows two distinct brooches; now, that doesn't answer the whole discussion here, but it shows that there are at least two, gives a little history and will link you to some serious eye candy.

[LOSSEAN]

This is interesting discussion about the POW feather. Isn't it just one piece of jewellery? I mean, I thought you could remove and replace bits and pieces from and to these kind of things.

In any case, it would no longer be Princess Diana's jewellery now since it's been given to the Duchess of Cornwall as the current wife of the Prince of Wales. And to my mind, that is the rightful owner of the piece.

Sophia Loren once said when some of her jewels were stolen that "her sons' arms around her neck were jewellery enough." I reckon that about sums up Diana's real jewels.

[Elspeth]

Daisygoogles, if you want to abbreviate Camilla's name, the abbreviation you're looking for is DoC, not CPB.

[Warren]

Time for a new thread.

Diana, Princess of Wales Jewellery 2 can be found here

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