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Congratulations! You have done it again, Franck!

This brooch was such a puzzle when we discussed it in 2018. Now I can see that the pattern on the Queen's dress and the angle from which the photo was taken misled us. You never accepted the theory that it was a diamond rose brooch, and you were correct.

It would be interesting to try to discover when and from whom QEII received the brooch.

Obviously it would have been some time before the Countess wore it in Malaysia. I wonder if a previous (or even the then current) King and Queen of Malaysi presented it to the Queen?

What a sharp eye and great memory you have Franck!