Diana, Princess of Wales, Jewellery, Part 2

[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 .

[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.

[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 3 can be found here

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