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Re: A cavaet
Posted by OmerH
on July 29, 2020, 2:15 am, in reply to "
Re: A cavaet"
While Lady Elphinstone did wear the papyrus tiara borrowed from her sister the Queen's mother Countess of Strathmore wore a tiara with large flowerheads on a substantial double row diamond base. Since Nina Cavendish-Bentick (as the countess was before marriage) wasn't from a wealthy family herself (albeit descended from Dukes of Portland and Devonshire) I don't believe she contributed much to the jewels of her husband's family. While some aristrocratic families did have multiple tiaras we have also seen that many Dukedoms often only had a couple of tiaras at most. By all accounts the Earl & Countess of Strathmore were rather unpretencious people who lived a quiet life so they may have not felt the need to add to their jewel collection. Mostly the Countess was seen in a long rope of pearls that she also wore at the coronation. Only when their daughter married into royalty they purchased some grand jewels for her.
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