Duchess of Cornwall Jewellery 6: February 2008-

[brewer]

Madame Royale, the ring is very beautiful and will look much better in white gold as opposed to yellow gold. It is not only women who will wait a long to time to have a piece of jewelry commissioned and finished. I waited 18 months for a white gold necklace set with 9mm black pearls to be finished after a saw a similiar one on a website about pearls for men. I think Camilla has exceptional taste in jewelry and always looks very elegant

[Warren]

Madame has inadvertently hijacked the thread.
Could we keep to the topic of Camilla's jewels please.

thanks
Warren
Royal Jewels moderator

[muriel]

Does anybody know when the next tiara toting event is?

[Lord Chamberlain]

I think that the Duchess of Cornwall has the class to wear those big diamonds and gigantic tiaras! After all, what's the purpose of keeping all these jewels in the vaults gathering dust? I think its wonderful the Queen is letting Camilla wear these historical pieces. Otherwise, we would never have seen them being worn again and that would be a shame! I know these big tiaras are a bit «out of fashion» but i suppose when the Duchess becomes the royal consort she will use them whenever she wants. She was already been given acess to major pieces (the saudi rubies, the emerald brooch, the Durbar tiara, the Oriental Circlet Tiara, the Honeycomb Boucheron Tiara). That's quite a valuable collection! It would be great to see her wearing more jewels from previous queens, especially from Queen Alexandra. I have seen photos of QA in the 1880s and I think there are a couple of tiaras that haven't seen day light for more than a century. It's time to wear them back again.

But I was thinking that when Camilla becomes Queen or Princess Consort or whatever (she will play the official role of a queen consort anyway...), won't it be strange to see her wearing the tiaras that are nowadays used by the Queen? I think she'll look fantastic in the Vladimir Tiara for example, but it will be odd to watch... after seeing Her Majesty wearing them for such a long time. What do you think? The Girl's of Great Britian and Ireland tiara wouldn't suit her though.

[Boris]

The Duchess of Cornwall never wore the Oriental Circlet ruby tiara. The Saudi ruby necklace is not a piece she was given access to, it's contemporary and was a gift to the Duchess.
Just for the record.

[jcbcode99]

This seems kind of morbid, discussing jewels The Duchess will wear that are currently worn by the QEII--so, I just want to add the disclaimer that I'm not looking forward to that event when it happens.

Now, about the tiaras. I do think that Camilla will look outstanding in the emerald drop version of the Vladimir tiara; she'll most likely wear the Kent Demi-Parue as she seems to like amethysts, and I think she'll look great in the Girls of Great Britian tiara--in fact, I think she would look fantastic in all pieces--even that aquamarine nightmare of QEII's.
But, I do wonder if we will see her in any of Alexandra's signature pieces--the kokoshink tiara and the pearl necklace to be specific--because of the whole Alice Keppel/Queen Alexandra/King Edward triangle. Personally, I want to see her in that tiara; it would suit her quite well.