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The source of the photo I posted above:
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Photo-article-portrait-Princess-Alexandra-of-Kent-1961-/382234749216
I think that the Almay picture is circa 1956. To me it portrays the younger, more fuller-faced Princess before her her face slimmed down.
I have been having more thoughts about the evolution of Princess Alexandra's tiara, and in particular about when the floral elements used either turquoise or pearl centres. (I think we will all agree that the sapphire centres came much later).
Initially I thought that the floral elements had turquoise centres and that the pearl centres were later additions.
Then I saw this photo, which Alamy dates as circa 1956.
Detail showing the pearl centres.
I haven't found this exact photograph in 2 of the databases I use (it might be in others which I have not checked), so I was unsure when the photo was taken. We can be sure, however, that the photo was before 1963 when Princess Alexandra wore the remodelled elements in her tiara.
Finally, I came across the photo below. It comes from a ball she attended: The Maple Leaf Ball, in December 1960. The important element in this photo is that Princess Alexandra is wearing the same ball gown as in the first photo above. To my way of thinking that places the initial photo as circa 1960, not 1956. But the question still remains -- were the floral elements originally interchangeable, or was this something which Princess Alexandra or her mother organised?
Maple Leaf Ball 1960
Kongetro
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