Access to Diana's jewels, do Kate and Megan and their children get equal access?

[elizaregina]

Just wondering as this could be another point of contention? .how do they sort them out? What about Lilli and Lottie?

It depends if the jewels are part of the crown jewels or if they are private possessions.

Crown jewels are owned by the nation. The Queen lent different crown jewels and tiaras to family members as appropriate for weddings etc. Personal jewels will be handed down in a will just the same as with anyone else.

Diana's jewellery was disbursed through her will they don't belong to the crown some are family jewels and are loaned out to family

Don't worry, the Queen has had plenty of time to write a very detailed well.

Was it the Queen Mother who left more to Harry than William, as he was amply provided for by virtue of being the firstborn heir?
Or did Diana do the same?

Yes but Diana's jewels must be held somewhere, not immediately dished out but where's are they?

Does Megan get to choose equal access?

depends on Diana's will- nothing to do with current situation

I know Diana did that @BlueRidge. I'd read that the Queen Mother usually favoured William as heir so would be surprised if, having read what I have about her, she levelled things out with her will.

The jewels were disbursed based on her Will. Yes they will be stored somewhere but that will now be controlled by Will and Harry (assuming that’s who they were left to) so they will have access. They will be able to give whomever they wish access. So if she doesn’t have access it won’t be anything to do with the palace.

Do you think she had actually assigned each peice to William and Harry?

William diamond necklace a, Harry necklace b and so on?

Kate is always wearing Diana's stuff. Maybe Megan could but doesn't want too.

They were allowed to choose pieces

The ones kate wears are usually the ones loaned to diana by the queen not her personal jewelry

Both Kate and Meghan are often seen wearing personal pieces from Diana's collection.
Both women were gifted items from the Queen in her lifetime, and I'm sure she has been generous with family and friends in her will.

Supposedly the boys were both allowed to choose a memento and Harry chose the sapphire engagement ring while William chose her Cartier Tank. If this was the case they must have swapped at some point as Catherine was given the ring and Meghan has been photographed wearing the watch.

The long-running Royal threads on S&B have some regular posters who are incredibly knowledgeable about royal jewels and who could probably tell you lots more, @elizaregina.

As others have said a lot is loaned by the Queen . It makes sense Kate is seen in more as she's in the U.K. so can be loaned the items easily. Both boys had access to choose from Diana's collection.

I read about that when William got engaged. Harry let him have the ring at that point because he liked Kate, was eased about the engagement and thought it fair that the first to get engaged got to use it. So they swapped.

It isn’t always made clear that the jewels that the now Princess of Wales wears that were “often worn by Diana” are actually on loan from the Queen, as opposed to being Diana’s personal jewels.

So Harry is actually a lovely person.

I don't imagine Diana had a room full of Jewels . . . . I want to think she had a few nice pieces rather than an actual vault.

Meghan's been photographed several times wearing Diana's Cartier watch

Meghan also wore Diana’s massive aquamarine cocktail ring at her wedding reception.

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Not sure how accurate this article is but it says

'it’s very likely that the Queen has followed in the footsteps of her grandmother Queen Mary and her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and bequeathed all of her jewelry directly to the new monarch, King Charles III. There are both historical and taxation-related benefits to this method of inheritance'

www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a41166402/who-gets-queens-crowns-tiaras-ajewels/

Oh I'm so sorry - I mis-read the title and thought this was asking about the queens jewels!

The Spencer tiara is unlikely to be worn by either woman as it was never Diana's.

It was owned by Earl Spencer, and each of his daughters wore it at their wedding. Although apparently Diana didn't return it promptly and wore it for other occasions as it was smaller and lighter than the Cambridge tiara which she was loaned by the Queen.

When Diana's father died the tiara passed to the new Earl (Diana's brother Charles) for the use of his wife and any daughters are likely to wear it on their wedding day.

I believe that’s a cheeky copy she bought from a market in Turkey 😂

Interesting thank you.

Especially that many item's Diana wore were probably actually on loan.