Royal Style: Elizabeth may be gone, but her diamonds are forever

[Maireas]

Evening Royal style and beauty fans.
Into the Carolean era, with more bling we hope! Also more state banquets?

Yes. All red gemstones used to be called rubies, though, which is how it got its name. It’s glorious, isn’t it! @Maireas i think you should award it to yourself as the guardian of these threads!

Good question! I'm trying to remember the last PoW who was married when he had the title conferred. I think it must've been George V but I don't know if there was any sort of ceremony for him and Queen Mary. And before him you'd have to go back quite a bit to find a married PoW, I think maybe George II?

What a kind suggestion!! I'm going to take it, and call it a ruby, as that's how it's known!
Now, shall I have it on a brooch or a pendant or a stonking ring?.🤔

I didn't like the coronet Charles was invested with, I thought it was ugly, and my horrors were confirmed when I read that the central orb is a ping pong ball sprayed gold ☹️.
Edward VIII took his PoW coronet into exile with him, which actually broke the terms. So they created the new one for Charles.

Oh my goodness that can’t be true...

@Maireas that’s really interesting. Did it come back to the RF when the Duchess died or was it sold with her jewels?

I agree it’s fairly functional looking and wondered if Diana had a one - perhaps along the lines of the small crown QV wore. I also understand as it’s a coronet it’s only worn at the coronation.

It was never returned. Part of Edward/David's anger as he lobbied to have the Prince of Wales title returned to him after his abdication.
So he kept the coronet!

Agreed, I felt flat. Watching the lying in state was like watching ‘slow tv’. Very soothing

Queen Mary was Princess of Wales at the coronation of Edward VII. I found this illustration that shows her wearing a coronet, but I don't know how accurate it is.

www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/english-school/the-princess-of-wales-in-her-coronation-robes-1902-colour-litho/colour-lithograph/asset/2966416

Charles was made PoW before D was in the scene so don't think there is one.

The ping pong was a last minute addition when the original one fell off just before the ceremony iirc

Yes, Seneca I seem to remember a photograph of Mary in that coronet.

Haha it’s funny now that I’ve got used to the idea! So much for pomp and circumstance...

(The ping pong ball, I mean)

Camilla is going to use the crown made for the Queen Mother at Charles’ Coronation. It’s multi-use apparently - can be a crown or, with the arches detached, or a circlet.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother

Oh and I read in the Metro that the Queen was buried with just two pieces of jewellery- her wedding ring and a pair of pearl earrings.

Oooh, contains the Koh-i-Noor!

I wonder if they are going to make William wear that ping pong coronet. It does not strike me as his style.

Camilla will look glorious in that.

I think she is marvellous.

Be hilarious if HMQ left her ring to Meghan. Slap that up the haters 🤣

Let's not go down that route, please gingercat 🙏

Charles’ coronet is by far the ugliest thing in the collection, to me. It’s very “of its time” shall we say 😜

I wonder if they’ll ever make use of Queen Victoria’s miniature crown again? It’s pretty niche.

I quite agree, @CaveMum - quite hideous. I rather like that mini crown of QV, I think Charlotte should wear it at the coronation!

I wonder if those little gold circlets that Margaret and Elizabeth wore for their father's coronation are still around. One of those would be also be a possibility for Charlotte.

I’m slightly relieved to read that the ping pong ball is gold plated - that’s at least slightly better than my vision of it having been hastily sprayed with that nasty gold spray from Woolworths (or wherever).

@SenecaFallsRedux I was just thinking that today! I’m sure they will have been carefully stored away for posterity.