Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Jewellery


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Madame Royale said:
The collet and earrings in the link above are reserved only for the use of a Queen regnant or the wife of a King.
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Exactly my poit! And Queen Victoria's necklace is much shorter than the one Camilla wore.

Just out of curiosity - when did The Queen Mother wore a tiara for the last time (and which) and what the occasion was.

Thanks in advance,
Bobby
 
Camilla wears The Queen Mother's coronation gift from her husband, which was a collet of diamonds from the royal collection of unset stones.

Queen Victoria's diamond collet necklaces are worn by The Queen (she has worn them many times at the State Opening of Parliament), which can only be worn in right of the Crown by a Queen or Queen Consort.
 
So on the cover is the Queen Mother wearing the coronation gift as well as Queen Victoria's Necklace? Blimey, what Id give to have a few unset diamonds just rolling about somewhere.
 
Princejohnny25 said:
So on the cover is the Queen Mother wearing the coronation gift as well as Queen Victoria's Necklace? Blimey, what Id give to have a few unset diamonds just rolling about somewhere.
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Yes, she is wearing both necklaces. The rest of the jewels in the photo also belonged to Queen Victoria and were left to the Crown. Queen Mary passed these jewels to Elizabeth when she became Queen Consort.
 
branchg said:
Camilla wears The Queen Mother's coronation gift from her husband, which was a collet of diamonds from the royal collection of unset stones.
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I am not sure I agree with this. I do not think the collet necklace Camilla wears has 40 stones, and so I am not inclined to think it is the coronation necklace. It may just be anothee collet necklace from the collection.
 
Which tiara is The Queen Mother wearing on this photo? I doesn't look like anything I've seen before.

Thanks in advance,
Bobby
 
It appears to be the diamond and aquamarine tiara; a gift from King George VI to his wife. It is now in HRH the Princess Royals' possession.
 
Thank you, Madame! Now looking at the photo again, I can see that it's the old setting of the aquamarines. Are there more photos of Queen Elizabeth wearing this tiara?

Bobby
 
Madame Royale said:
It appears to be the diamond and aquamarine tiara; a gift from King George VI to his wife. It is now in HRH the Princess Royals' possession.
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This is a lovely tiara. It is a while since we have seen Anne in it.
 
Madame Royale said:
It appears to be the diamond and aquamarine tiara; a gift from King George VI to his wife. It is now in HRH the Princess Royals' possession.
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Anne hasn't worn the tiara in a long time. It was shortened to make it more comfortable to wear, but she seems to be happy wearing the Festoon Tiara or Meander Tiara.
 
Ihope that Ann does wear some other Tiara, I wonder what she will get when the queen passes?
 
What Necklace is the Queen Mum wearing in this pic? Im not sure I have ever seen it before.
 
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Queen Victoria's ruby necklace.
(see the first pic in the first post of this thread)
 
Ta, Warren! I've always wondered why the Forums does not have an archive of the royal jewels and a short history about each item, like a simpler version of Ursula's site. Is it because of Copyright laws, or is it just too much work to create?
 
The present Queen wore the Jubilee brooch of Queen Victoria without its pendant (on Maundy Thursday); The Duchess of Cornwall wore a similar brooch with an emerald centre (on one of the Royal Ascot races) with its pendant. Both brooches were The Queen Mother's until 2002. Is anyone able to confirm that both pieces were originally from Victoria (I am sure the Jubilee brooch is), but the one with the emerald centre has many ressemblances and perhaps given on the same occasion by another source to Victoria?
 
Princejohnny25 said:
I've always wondered why the Forums does not have an archive of the royal jewels and a short history about each item, like a simpler version of Ursula's site. Is it because of Copyright laws, or is it just too much work to create?
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Both. Leave it to the established experts who write books on the subject (Field, Menkes, Munn etc) or check out this site (before it gets closed down):
Jewellery of Today's British Royalty
 
No, there are actually two similar pairs; but this pair was a gift from George VI to his wife Elizabeth.
 
Can anyone tell me please who gave The Queen Mother the ruby necklace and earrings. Was it part of the Greville collection? As there are no photos of Qu Victoria or Qu Alexandra or Qu Mary wearing this set.
 
Tarlita said:
Can anyone tell me please who gave The Queen Mother the ruby necklace and earrings. Was it part of the Greville collection? As there are no photos of Qu Victoria or Qu Alexandra or Qu Mary wearing this set.
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You could potentially be referring to either of 2 demi-parures with rubies:

First, there is a quite long ruby necklace that came from the Greville bequest to QEQM. This necklace was presented to Princess Elizabeth on her wedding by her parents and was often used till the 1960s, and possibly, the 1970s.

The second demi-parure traces its lineage back to Queen Victoria, and was originally set with opals. The opals were replaced with rubies (I think by Queen Alexandra, who considered opals to be unlucky). This demi-parure was often used by QEQM till her death, often pairing it with the Oriental Circlet. QE2 has used it on a few occassions since the death of QEQM.
 
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The Queen Mother wearing what is referred to as Queen Victoria's ruby necklace can be seen in post #10.
Mrs Greville's ruby necklace is worn by the Queen here (a rare pic of the Nizam of Hyderabad tiara).
 
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Thank You Warren and Muriel, I only asked because I was sure I read from another forum that the large ruby necklace was a gift from Dagmar the Empress Marie Feodorovna to her sister Alexandra. It must have been wrong. Strange that we've never seen the other ladies wearing the set.
 
The Queen Mother wore her"classic" three strand pearl necklace of graduating pearls made in the thirties . The first version of the necklace was worn into the sixties and then she just wore her three strand pearl necklace[ the strands are all spaced ] but it was not the same as the original had been set.The original was stunning art deco.
I always noticed that she also wore small dangling earrings and many hats to match her jewellery had veils.
Are some of the Queen Mother's brooches called stomachers?
 
Jaya said:
Are some of the Queen Mother's brooches called stomachers?
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A stomacher is a somewhat obsolete rather sizeable jewel composed of detachable elements and which was worn to best effect hanging over the bosom.
They are more Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary's style than the Queen Mother's.

Two pics to illustrate:

-> Queen Mary's Stomacher

-> Worn by EIIR in 2002

and two out of copyright photographs of a bedecked Queen Mary:

1. another stomacher
2. Cambridge or Indian emeralds stomacher
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Picture number one is of a three piece pearl stomacher which we haven't seen since Queen Mary, which makes one wonder if it has been broken up and used to make something else. Or if it passed out of the family and was sold. Just goes to show the jewel vaults might contain many magnificent pieces of old fashioned styles that we would love to see again. The second pic of Qu Mary's emerald stomacher for instance we haven't seen in a long time either.
 
Tarlita, the stomacher from the first photo was indeed broken and the stones reused for new jewels (I don't know which). It was a present from the Maharaja of Kapurthala.

Bobby
 
Now back on topic - this is a panel (see link) of the tiaras Queen Elizabeth has worn. It was created by a co-poster on another forum using a list and photos I provided.
The tiaras on the first row (L-R) - Boucheron Honeycomb, the Orintal Circlet, the Papyrus tiara, the Teck Circle tiara/necklace, Turquoise tiara (part of a parure), the Strathmore Rose tiara, Queen Mary's fringe tiara
Second row (L-R) - Princess Victoria (aunt of GVI)'s fringe tiara, the Scroll tiara, Delhi Durbar dideme, Aquamarine tiara (now with Princess Anne), the Teck Crescnt tiara, the bracelets bandeau, the Regal Circlet/Crown

Are there any other tiaras to be added to the list and the panel?

The panel - Link
 
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