Smash the tiara thats not me ill never be prom quern
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Greville purchased the necklace from Boucheron in 1907. It was part of the Greville bequest, the collection of jewelry left to Queen Elizabeth by the Hon. This necklace was one of the Queen’s wedding gifts from her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. More about the glittering piece from Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault:
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There was just a glimpse of it as the Cambridges headed to the dinner. Next on our list, the Ruby and Diamond Floral Bandeau, worn in July 2017 for the Spain state dinner. According to Hugh Roberts in The Queen’s Diamonds, Queen Mary had 8 collet necklaces, and 2 of those were left to the Queen. The Queen also wears collet necklaces, but she tends to stick to one at a time. It is one of the Queen’s collet styles, described by Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault as a “basic necklace with single round diamonds (of considerable size on their own) in a single row.” Below, a little bit better look at the necklace and one of Diana’s Collingwood pearl drop earrings.īelow, HM wearing the necklace during a 2010 state visit to the United Arab Emirates.Īny good royal collection has at least one diamond collet necklace… Queen Mary was a huge fan, often piling on multiple necklaces so as to create almost a diamond turtleneck for herself. That was when the Cambridges were on their way to the 2017 diplomatic reception. Our next piece has only been seen once on the Duchess. Here is a side-by-side view of the necklace framed by two different dresses. Kate paired it with an Alexander McQueen gown and the Lover’s Knot tiara.
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The Duchess wore the necklace again last year for the annual diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace.
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The piece had actually been previously owned it had been sold in 1936, and then reacquired by Cartier from the buyer the following year.īelow you see HM wearing the necklace in a photo used for the cover of Elizabeth: Reigning in Style, a book studying the Queen’s wardrobe over the decades. Hugh Roberts describes it as follows: “The pavé-set centre with detachable double-drop pendant incorporating 13 emerald-cut diamonds and a pear-shaped drop the chain of 38 brilliant-cut open-back collets with an elongated oval brilliant-set snap”. The necklace, which was made by Cartier in 1935, is especially intricate, featuring more geometric diamonds nestled in the abstract floral design. Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault notes, “As with many of her necklaces, the Queen did eventually shorten the chain to suit her tastes, and she still wears it from time to time today.” (You might also recognize the Wedding Gift Bracelet on her right wrist.)Īnother view of the Duchess wearing the necklace in 2014. Here you see HM wearing the necklace in October 1955 as she arrives at the Royal Performance of ‘ To Catch A Thief’ at the Odeon Cinema, Leicester.Īnd here is a studio portrait of HM, also done in 1955. He followed through by fulfilling most jewel-lovers’ greatest dream: he left instructions with Cartier to let the princess pick anything from their existing stock for her present. He was one of the richest men in the world, so he could afford to give the princess a truly spectacular wedding gift. Asaf Jah VII was the ruler (or Nizam) of Hyderabad, which is located in the south-central part of the sub-continent of India (which was then under British colonial rule). The necklace in question was a wedding gift to the then-Princess Elizabeth from the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1947. The necklace was a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth in 1947. The Duchess was first seen wearing the necklace to the annual National Portrait Gallery gala in 2014. Today we are looking at necklaces, and we’ll begin with the first necklace loaned to the Duchess by HM, the Nizam of Hyderabad.
#Smash the tiara thats not me ill never be prom quern series
We’re back with another in our series of reports on jewelry loaned to the Duchess by The Queen.