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Apologies for all
Posted by Beth on August 25, 2022, 7:08 pm
Apologies everyone. I have been very, very remiss.
Unfortunately, I seem to have only limited energy & for a novice like me Instagram is a chore.
I suspect from 992234177's comment that he/she can access Instagram but if not, here is a link to an apology I did for the confusion in my post on the Norfolk tiara/necklace.
Now that the weather is warming, I might have more energy!! I hope so.
Most of the material I have been putting on Instagram is well known to many members here.
But some is new.
Over the next few days I will do posts here on those items.
Re: Apologies for all
Posted by 992234177 on August 26, 2022, 9:31 am, in reply to "Apologies for all"
I can access it and thank you very much, and I’m he. Thanks. Really glad your still active here, your posts on instagram were very interesting especially the Greville ones. If there is one thing the world of jewellery fanciers needs its more Greville data.
I totally agree, I'm so fascinated by this Greville bequest. I'm reading queen Bees, and still I'm craving more facts, pictures etc. Of this lady...
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I can access it and thank you very much, and I’m he. Thanks. Really glad your still active here, your posts on instagram were very interesting especially the Greville ones. If there is one thing the world of jewellery fanciers needs its more Greville data.
Tomorrow, when I have a little more energy, I will do some more posts.
At present everyone is an expert!!
There is a new book out entitled Maggie Greville by P Burbidge
I have had to order a copy from Europe & am still waiting for it to arrive, so I do not know what the author has to say.
I do know from posts done by others that there were a lot of errors in the earlier book.
What I do know.
1. Vincent Meylan discovered a lot about the jewellery made by Boucheron.
2. I posted about the wedding gifts she received.
3. I posted about her father giving her rubies.
4. I posted about her mothers jewels.
5. I have read her mother's will, Maggie Greville's will & her father's will.
6. All are very enlightening.
Some important points
Despite what some say, she had relatives & she left them a share of her estate
SHE HAD BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED BY HER PARENTS
Some of the press commented that she was W McEwan's daughter. It seems to have been an open secret.
Her mother left Maggie Greville only a life interest in her jewellery. Then it was to go to a charity, which she named. Maggie Greville purchased the jewels outright from the charity
Unlike the pundits, I have never had access to Maggie Greville's Jewel Inventory & Valuation done for taxation purposes. Nor do I expect that I ever will. The government copy of that was destroyed years ago -- it is routine policy.