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Could it be the bandeau that is created with 3 of the Cartier bracelets? In this case diamonds + emeralds + diamonds
It is said that green is the colour of hope. And I think with the current situation around the world hope is what we need and that rather sooner than later things will improve so that we can all get back to our normal lives. Green is also the colour of emeralds and I just stumbled across an article in “The Times” the other day which caught my eye. It was reporting from a concert organized in the aid of the Red Triangle, a London Boy’s club. The organizer was Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria and both her sister, Her Highness Princess Victoria Louise and Her Majesty the Queen (later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother). The two Princesses were described as wearing diamond tiaras, which is as we know not very specific. However, what did catch my attention is that the Queen was described as wearing a tiara of emeralds and diamonds. Furthermore, it went on to say that she wore a necklace of solitaire diamonds and emeralds and it even went as far as describing her bracelet: also of diamonds and emeralds.
At first I thought that I had spotted an outing of the Greville Emerald tiara. But then I checked the date and the article was from June 1938. And as we know Mrs Greville was still alive by then, only leaving this world some years later, in 1942. In 1938 Queen Mary was also still alive, so I don’t think it is very likely that the Queen wore any of Queen Mary’s pieces – which then rules out the Vladimir tiara with emeralds.
I have searched through previous posts to see if anybody else had noticed this, but I was not able to find anything. If I have missed it, I apologize for bringing this up again. But I would like to know if anybody has any theory as to what tiara this might be. And even the necklace and bracelet is of interest, although I suspect more difficult to identify.
Could Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother own, or at least have ready access to, an emerald tiara at this point in time? Another option could of course be that the article got it wrong and that it was not emeralds at all. Could the aquamarine tiara be mistaken for emeralds?
I only have “The Times”’ article, so not sure if any other newspaper or magazine would support the report of an emerald tiara.
In any case I thought it was a fascinating bit of information as the Queen Mother was not exactly known for wearing emerald tiaras. And the grand emerald necklace she was seen to wear from time to time only came into her possession with the bequest made by Mrs Greville.
So could there indeed be more emeralds lurking in the vaults at Buckingham Palace? We can only HOPE so and that we will at some point be lucky enough to see them
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