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Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Posted by Beth on May 4, 2021, 6:41 pm I suspect that, in a post below, Dave was asking about a cross brooch belonging to Princess Margaret. As far as I know virtually nothing is known about the cross brooches which she wore - but I will make a couple of educated guesses. One problem in trying to sort out the brooches is that neither myself or anyone else (as far as I know) has done a complete survey of the newspapers and photo archives to ascertain precisely when Princess Margaret began to wear each of the three brooches in the shape of a cross which I will discuss. As far as I am aware there were 3 cross shaped brooches worn by Princess Margaret. Cross brooch number one The earliest date I have found for the wearing of this particular brooch is 1949. It is an imposing, elaborate item. Perhaps it was a present at Christmas 1948. The two photos directly below show Princess Margaret wearing the brooch at the same event in July 1949. The brooch can barely be seen in this photo but can in this one Princess Margaret continued to wear it throughout her life.

Re: Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Brooch number two Posted by Beth on May 4, 2021, 7:05 pm, in reply to "Princess Margaret. Cross brooches." The earliest date I have found for this brooch is circa 22 August 1951, which makes me wonder if perhaps it was a 21st birthday present. Apart from the date of the photos there is no other evidence for when Princess Margaret might have received it. Princess Anne seems to have been attracted by the glitter of the diamonds Princess Margaret continued to wear this brooch throughout her life.

Re: Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Brooch number three Posted by Beth on May 4, 2021, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Brooch number two" The only images I have collected of this brooch date from the 1990s, so I have no definite idea when Princess Margaret began wearing this particular brooch. This brooch was auctioned by Christie's in 2006 but there are no details of its provenance on the website. See Christie's https://www.christies.com/lot/lot--4718168/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4718168&lid=1&ldp_breadcrumb=back

Re: Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Brooch number three Posted by Dave on May 5, 2021, 12:35 am, in reply to "Re: Princess Margaret. Cross brooches. Brooch number three" Thanks Beth, they are spectacular. I also checked with the auction of PM's jewels and saw that a King George 111 brooch was auctioned via Christies. The Princess seemed to have many extraordinary jewels in her possession but yet if we follow the reports her family did not auction all of them, still retaining some. I wonder if we could see some surprises in the future. Regards, Dave. Previous Message The only images I have collected of this brooch date from the 1990s, so I have no definite idea when Princess Margaret began wearing this particular brooch. This brooch was auctioned by Christie's in 2006 but there are no details of its provenance on the website. See Christie's https://www.christies.com/lot/lot--4718168/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4718168&lid=1&ldp_breadcrumb=back

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