Duchess of Cornwall Jewelry

[branchg]

Originally Posted by auntie

Warren, does this mean that after the Queen passes away, the Tiaras/Jewels she permanently loaned to other members of the royal house stay with them (princess Anne, Countess of Wessex, Duchess of York etc.) or go back to the current monarch and consort?!

No, because the jewels were gifts from her own personal collection to her daughter and daughter-in-laws. They are not part of the Crown's collection.

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by branchg

That's not true. The diadem hadn't been worn since 1947 and it was styled as a crown for Queen Mary's Durbar presentation as Empress of India. Obviously, it was sized and altered to fit Camilla as a tiara and is for her exclusive use.

It is a gift from the Queen to a future Consort, similar to Diana receiving the Lover's Knot Tiara before her wedding, as a symbol of their future role. Once Charles ascends the throne, the entire royal collection will be at Camilla's disposal to wear.

Obviously, no one ever expected a divorce to enter the royal picture for a Prince of Wales. Despite this development, Diana was allowed to retain Queen Mary's jewels for her lifetime use after the divorce. After her death, the tiara and emerald choker returned to the Queen.

I don't remember Diana ever wearing the diadem tiara. Are you implying she did or am I misunderstanding your wording? As far as I remember, Diana wore only two tiaras: the Lover's Knot and the Spencer. This tiara that Camilla worn recently was a tiara I had never seen before except in an official picture of Queen Mary consort of George V.

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by iowabelle

Wymanda, that's part of my point about it being ludicrous.

Camilla is here and she isn't going away. Charles isn't going to hide her away and I am sure that he wants her to have all the deference due to her as his wife (no matter what title is used to describe her).

As for the rules that apply to what jewelry she can wear, I can see that she might not be allowed to wear a crown if she isn't crowned queen. But for as for the tiaras used by other consorts, why shouldn't she be allowed to use them? (At least for Charles' lifetime.)

(And for what it's worth, I think Camilla has done a pretty good job so far. And Charles seems to have perked up since the marriage.)

I could not agree more! And I think the tiara looks great on her!

[corazon]

diana have another tiara. Wait me a few minutes.

[Lady Jean]

I'm with you - I think on Her Majesty's part it was disrespectful to lend a tiara identified solely w/Queen Mary to Camilla.

Originally Posted by tiaraprin

Her Majesty let her wear Queen Mary's Delhi Durbar tiara?? Queen Mary is rolling over in her grave!!

[corazon]

I posted photos of diana with another tiara in princess diana Jewelry

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by Lady Jean

I'm with you - I think on Her Majesty's part it was disrespectful to lend a tiara identified solely w/Queen Mary to Camilla.

But tiaras were meant to be worn. It would be a waste of a great work of art not to have it worn, and the wife of the Prince of Wales is a credible person for the honor. Of course, the Princess Royal or Countess of Wessex could also be, but I think it was lent to the Duchess of Cornwall to make a statement. The Queen's message through this action? I suppose she is trying to tell us that she and her family stand behind Camilla as Charles's wife and they consider her as the rightful future Queen Consort. Queen Mary was a Queen Consort, so only another Queen Consort or QC in the Waiting should wear this tiara. If Diana were alive and still married to Charles, I'd say it should be Diana to wear it, but this is not the case. It's Camilla, so this is appropriate, in my opinion.

[seto]

Queen Mary left it to the Queen and she did what she wanted to with it. She gave it Charles's wife to wear. Which is who I believe is supposed to wear it the future kings wife. Someone do correct me if I am wrong.

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by corazon

I posted photos of diana with another tiara in princess diana Jewelry

Corazon, I appreciate this, but I did not find this other tiara you speak of. I looked in here: Diana, Princess of Wales, Jewellery, Part 2
Maybe there's some other thread I should have gone too? I thought you mean the Diana jewels thread, and this one seems to be about Diana jewels....

[corazon]

yes, I posted in the part II

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by corazon

yes, I posted in the part II

yes, I saw the pics after that premature post! Sorry, but thank you very much!

[Elspeth]

This had better not start turning into yet another thread about Diana.

People who want to talk about Diana may do so in the threads about her. It's getting very tiresome seeing Camilla threads being constantly hijacked by people wanting to talk about Diana and post pictures of Diana. I'm going to start deleting them both here and in the British forum if this keeps up.

Since this thread is on its tenth page, I'm going to close it and start up another one. And it had better stay on topic.

The new thread is here:

Duchess of Cornwall jewellery part 2


Elspeth

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