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Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 14, 2025, 9:13 am Hi to all subscribers. Yesterday I watched the Lady C show as I normally do and she touched on some issues where the late Queen relented and on scenarios where she put her foot down. Now on the one thing that Lady C says the late Queen put her foot down on' was rulling absolutely out the debut of the much talked about rumored emerald and diamond tiara that the Duchess of Sussexs was have supposed to request to wear on her wedding day. Lady C postulates that the emerald and diamond tiara in question did have Russian provenance and it originally was gifted to the Grand Duchess Xeinia by her father the Tsar. Lady C says anyone who is in the know' knows about this and there is a descendant who lives in the UK who has confirmed this. I have had a look at the emerald and diamond tiara in question online and it is really beautiful but if it was acquired by the late Queen Mary one wonders why she never wore it. Could it be because Queen Mary developed the Deli Dubar tiara with emerald tops and had no need to debut the Russian tiara. Im only quoting from what Lady C has said but Lady C is an aristocrat and they are many things she has wrote about that were confirmed as the truth before other notable writers. You can give her video done on Tuesday 12th August a look to confirm what I have said here. Kind Regards, Dave.

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by JPRP on August 27, 2025, 10:58 pm, in reply to "Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Dear Dave, The Emerald Tiara given to the Grand Duchess Xenia by her Father seems to be in the nature of a Coronet, if we are talking about the same item ? I can see why Queen Mary never wore it [in public] since her own Delhi Durbar tiara is not dis-similar, is rather more beautiful, and because had close personal associations to Mary, both as Queen-Empress of India, and because its use of her [family] Cambridge Emeralds. Presumably the descendant [resident in England] is Princess Olga Romanoff, who may well 'be in a position' to know details of the fate of her Grandmothers Jewels, and which of them are now in the possession of her third Cousin, HM King Charles 111 Best regards Jonathan

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 28, 2025, 2:48 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Ahh yes Olga is her name, I couldn't remember her name but i did see a program where she was one of its participants some years ago. And yes she would be in a direct position to know of the whereabouts of maybe some of her grandmother's jewels. Lady C is extremely knowledgeable about all things aristocratic and i trust her know how. Thanks for your kind response Johnathan. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Dear Dave, The Emerald Tiara given to the Grand Duchess Xenia by her Father seems to be in the nature of a Coronet, if we are talking about the same item ? I can see why Queen Mary never wore it [in public] since her own Delhi Durbar tiara is not dis-similar, is rather more beautiful, and because had close personal associations to Mary, both as Queen-Empress of India, and because its use of her [family] Cambridge Emeralds. Presumably the descendant [resident in England] is Princess Olga Romanoff, who may well 'be in a position' to know details of the fate of her Grandmothers Jewels, and which of them are now in the possession of her third Cousin, HM King Charles 111 Best regards Jonathan

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Txrus on August 28, 2025, 11:38 pm, in reply to "Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Can someone post a picture of the rumored tiara?

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 29, 2025, 1:34 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" https://share.google/images/ECPtvmtB9uDjYkM9L I hope you can open the link. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Can someone post a picture of the rumored tiara?

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Txrus on August 29, 2025, 1:39 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Yes I could & thank you for posting that; I don't think I've ever seen that tiara before, but certainly the 3 center emeralds look very similar to the ones used in the Vladimir tiara. Previous Message https://share.google/images/ECPtvmtB9uDjYkM9L I hope you can open the link. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Can someone post a picture of the rumored tiara?

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 29, 2025, 2:04 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Txrus' I said the same thing in my head. You know what too' if you look at the necklace which comes with the tiara it could well be the necklace debuted by her late majesty Queen Elizabeth which people were saying was a Greville bequest legacy. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Yes I could & thank you for posting that; I don't think I've ever seen that tiara before, but certainly the 3 center emeralds look very similar to the ones used in the Vladimir tiara. Previous Message https://share.google/images/ECPtvmtB9uDjYkM9L I hope you can open the link. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Can someone post a picture of the rumored tiara?

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Txrus on August 29, 2025, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" When you said that, Dave, initially at first glance I thought you were probably right but in looking @ the pictures of the matching necklace on Ursula's site & comparing it to pictures of the 'Greville' necklace, they are similar but not the same (unless it's been altered, of course). The diamonds around the center emerald are round vs. square & the diamond spacers between the emeralds seem to be very different, as well.

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 29, 2025, 11:13 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" https://share.google/images/cMEJFPcoUj0YVK0xM This is the necklace with the drops I'm connecting to the emerald drops on the Xenia emerald tiara. We all know that both Queen Mary and Margaret Greville altered their jewels. Even the earrings seem to look like the emeralds at the side of the tiara. Regards, Dave. Previous Message When you said that, Dave, initially at first glance I thought you were probably right but in looking @ the pictures of the matching necklace on Ursula's site & comparing it to pictures of the 'Greville' necklace, they are similar but not the same (unless it's been altered, of course). The diamonds around the center emerald are round vs. square & the diamond spacers between the emeralds seem to be very different, as well.

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Txrus on August 30, 2025, 1:05 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Unless someone can get the Palace to open up about it, or Hugh Roberts does another book, I suspect we'll never know for sure...if this is the tiara Megan wanted originally, I also wonder why the Queen would have said no, but again, I suspect we'll never know that, either.

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on August 30, 2025, 1:56 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" The house of Windsor has harbored a sense of trepidation about not actually saving their relatives in the Russian revolution. Wearing jewels from relatives who may have had a difficult time may act as a deterrence. There is proof that Queen Mary did purchase jewels from both Grand Duchess Xenia and Xenia's mother the empress/ Tsarina Maria. Mary has worn some of these jewels as has her descendants. Is it possible that some of the jewels were purchased by Margaret Greville? I suspect that they are acquisitions of jewels which were not clear and for that reason may not be worn. So it's possible that certain gifts may have come into the Royal house from or via checkered avenues. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Unless someone can get the Palace to open up about it, or Hugh Roberts does another book, I suspect we'll never know for sure...if this is the tiara Megan wanted originally, I also wonder why the Queen would have said no, but again, I suspect we'll never know that, either.

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by JPRP on September 2, 2025, 9:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Whilst we all know exactly how passionate Queen Mary was about Jewels, l'd be surprised if she felt she *MUST* have Xenia's Emeralds, simply because they are so [very] similar to her own families 'Cambridge Emeralds'. Why bother when she had 'Shedloads' [a British term] of Cabochon Emerald Drop stones already ? If she did buy them perhaps it was to help out her [suddenly] 'financially embarrassed relative? If the 'mystery' Necklace is Margaret Greville's, then that's different, since the recipient of her legacy, had no significant Emeralds of her own. 'Off topic' l know, but it occurred to me that i've never seen a photo of Queen Mary wearing ANY Ruby jewellery, and the only piece we know she bequeathed to Princess Elizabeth was the 'Rose of York' Bracelet [which she received as a wedding present], rather than acquiring herself. It seems she had no affection for Rubies ?

Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed Posted by Dave on September 3, 2025, 5:15 am, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Queen Mary like her mother in law preferred lots of diamonds. But there was a discussion sometime back on royals in the UK wearing colored stones as Queens Alexandra and Mary were not found to have really been pictured in colored stones. Through the research of Beth, I think she did find evidence that Queen Alexandra did wear colored stones. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Whilst we all know exactly how passionate Queen Mary was about Jewels, l'd be surprised if she felt she *MUST* have Xenia's Emeralds, simply because they are so [very] similar to her own families 'Cambridge Emeralds'. Why bother when she had 'Shedloads' [a British term] of Cabochon Emerald Drop stones already ? If she did buy them perhaps it was to help out her [suddenly] 'financially embarrassed relative? If the 'mystery' Necklace is Margaret Greville's, then that's different, since the recipient of her legacy, had no significant Emeralds of her own. 'Off topic' l know, but it occurred to me that i've never seen a photo of Queen Mary wearing ANY Ruby jewellery, and the only piece we know she bequeathed to Princess Elizabeth was the 'Rose of York' Bracelet [which she received as a wedding present], rather than acquiring herself. It seems she had no affection for Rubies ?

Queen Mary Wearing Rubies Posted by Crowne on September 4, 2025, 6:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" The last picture in this link is a portrait of Queen Mary wearing the crown ruby brooch and ruby earrings: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2017/03/24/queen-mary/

The discussed emerald tiara was destroyed Posted by Juscha on September 5, 2025, 12:46 am, in reply to "Possible emerald tiara in Queen Elizabeth's keep rumored to be 1st choice for Duchess of Sussexs Wed" Some informations that might solve the discussion: Dmitry, Member of the Royal Jewels of the World Message board, solved the problem by identified the emerald tiara von Grandduchess Xenia amongst the jewellery dismantled by the Russians after the Revolution. https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1756930575.html For he is not a Member of this board he asked to a little help to solve the problem. For I am not able to post pictures, here some links: The foto, the same one posted by Dmitry. https://www.collectissim.com/en/the-lost-jewels-of-the-romanov/ The emerald tiara in the hands of a jewellery on the right side. Quite good to identified. Here another one: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarxistCulture/comments/zi3el0/the_yusupov_jewels_confiscated_by_the_soviets/ Sorry, these fotos are not nearly as easy to find as someone might think of. The quality is a bit blurry, but enough, when the picture is somewhat enlarged. It is the same one as in Papi, Stefano: The jewels of the Romanows. Family and Court. Revived and expanded. London 2010, p. 298/299 The emerald tiara is seen in the middle of the desk, above the sunray tiara of Irina Youssopow, Xenias daughter. So, the tiara could not be presented to choose to Meghan. It was destroyed. Previous Message Hi to all subscribers. Yesterday I watched the Lady C show as I normally do and she touched on some issues where the late Queen relented and on scenarios where she put her foot down. Now on the one thing that Lady C says the late Queen put her foot down on' was rulling absolutely out the debut of the much talked about rumored emerald and diamond tiara that the Duchess of Sussexs was have supposed to request to wear on her wedding day. Lady C postulates that the emerald and diamond tiara in question did have Russian provenance and it originally was gifted to the Grand Duchess Xeinia by her father the Tsar. Lady C says anyone who is in the know' knows about this and there is a descendant who lives in the UK who has confirmed this. I have had a look at the emerald and diamond tiara in question online and it is really beautiful but if it was acquired by the late Queen Mary one wonders why she never wore it. Could it be because Queen Mary developed the Deli Dubar tiara with emerald tops and had no need to debut the Russian tiara. Im only quoting from what Lady C has said but Lady C is an aristocrat and they are many things she has wrote about that were confirmed as the truth before other notable writers. You can give her video done on Tuesday 12th August a look to confirm what I have said here. Kind Regards, Dave.

Re: The discussed emerald tiara was destroyed Posted by Dave on September 5, 2025, 12:08 pm, in reply to "The discussed emerald tiara was destroyed" Thanks much Juscha, I appreciate and acknowledge both yours and Dimitri's input into this mystery. I am left to question why would Lady C over with allegations that are yet to be determined? Lady C is know for being accurate about rumored aristocratic things though. Would it have made any sense to have the Greville emerald and diamond tiara on offer to a blood princess but denied to an inlaw? And why would the Queen offer the same tiara as an option if it could have been chosen by both awaiting brides? Grand Duchess Xenia' her family and her sister in law Tzarina Marie Alexandra were rescued by their British Royal counterparts, it has been proven that both of these former royals sold lots of their jewels while in exile most definitely to Queen Mary. So although ive seen the photos of an emerald and diamond tiara' does that mean it was the tiara in question? The Grand daughter of Xenia' who resides in the UK her name is Olga' she may know a thing or two more than we do when it comes to jewels which parted ways with her grandmother. Just saying. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Some informations that might solve the discussion: Dmitry, Member of the Royal Jewels of the World Message board, solved the problem by identified the emerald tiara von Grandduchess Xenia amongst the jewellery dismantled by the Russians after the Revolution. https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1756930575.html For he is not a Member of this board he asked to a little help to solve the problem. For I am not able to post pictures, here some links: The foto, the same one posted by Dmitry. https://www.collectissim.com/en/the-lost-jewels-of-the-romanov/ The emerald tiara in the hands of a jewellery on the right side. Quite good to identified. Here another one: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarxistCulture/comments/zi3el0/the_yusupov_jewels_confiscated_by_the_soviets/ Sorry, these fotos are not nearly as easy to find as someone might think of. The quality is a bit blurry, but enough, when the picture is somewhat enlarged. It is the same one as in Papi, Stefano: The jewels of the Romanows. Family and Court. Revived and expanded. London 2010, p. 298/299 The emerald tiara is seen in the middle of the desk, above the sunray tiara of Irina Youssopow, Xenias daughter. So, the tiara could not be presented to choose to Meghan. It was destroyed. Previous Message Hi to all subscribers. Yesterday I watched the Lady C show as I normally do and she touched on some issues where the late Queen relented and on scenarios where she put her foot down. Now on the one thing that Lady C says the late Queen put her foot down on' was rulling absolutely out the debut of the much talked about rumored emerald and diamond tiara that the Duchess of Sussexs was have supposed to request to wear on her wedding day. Lady C postulates that the emerald and diamond tiara in question did have Russian provenance and it originally was gifted to the Grand Duchess Xeinia by her father the Tsar. Lady C says anyone who is in the know' knows about this and there is a descendant who lives in the UK who has confirmed this. I have had a look at the emerald and diamond tiara in question online and it is really beautiful but if it was acquired by the late Queen Mary one wonders why she never wore it. Could it be because Queen Mary developed the Deli Dubar tiara with emerald tops and had no need to debut the Russian tiara. Im only quoting from what Lady C has said but Lady C is an aristocrat and they are many things she has wrote about that were confirmed as the truth before other notable writers. You can give her video done on Tuesday 12th August a look to confirm what I have said here. Kind Regards, Dave.

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