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Queen offered Meghan a choice of tiaras

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babsanderson · 16/01/2023 13:17

Below is an extract that describes Meghan being given the tiara to wear for her wedding by the Queen. Another passage describes hoe Angela Levin would not allow Meghan to get access to the tiara before her wedding to practise it with her hairdresser.

"Next came the question of a tiara. My aunts asked if Meg would like to wear my mother’s. We were both touched. Meg then spent hours and hours with her dress designer, getting the veil to match the tiara, giving it a similar scalloped edge. Shortly before the wedding, however, Granny reached out. She offered us access to her collection of tiaras. She even invited us to Buckingham Palace to try them on. Do come over, I remember her saying.
Extraordinary morning. We walked into Granny’s private dressing room, right next to her bedroom, a space I’d never been in. Along with Granny was a jewelry expert, an eminent historian who knew the lineage of each stone in the royal collection. Also present was Granny’s dresser and confidante, Angela. Five tiaras were arrayed on a table, and Granny directed Meg to try on each one before a full-length mirror. I stood behind, watching.
One was all emeralds. One was aquamarines. Each was more dazzlingly stunning than the last. Each took my breath. I wasn’t the only one. Granny said to Meg quite tenderly: Tiaras suit you.
Meg melted. Thank you, Ma’am.
One of the five, however, stood out. Everyone agreed. It was beautiful, seemingly made for Meg. Granny said it would be placed in a safe directly and she looked forward to seeing it on Meg’s head come the Big Day. Make sure, she added, that you practice putting it on. With your hairdresser. It’s tricky and you don’t want to be doing it for the first time on the wedding day."

Spare, Harry

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Tontostitis · 21/01/2023 18:28

I've read both of AKs books she sounds wonderful and her and the Queen had a very special relationship it's so sad to see her name sullied by the dreadful duo. I don't think for one second the Press was fair to Meghan over the tiara stories but most peoplw shrug this nonsense off. She had a fairytale wedding to her beloved Prince wearing a beautiful priceless tiara its a shame the Sussexes can't seem to let anything go. Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing.

caringcarer · 21/01/2023 18:36

Harry states when their mother died they were both told they could keep one thing and William chose engagement ring and he chose watch.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 21/01/2023 19:41

Imagine having a pick of actual tiaras. Not Claire’s accessories, proper tiaras, princess stuff with proper priceless gems not plastic ones. Worn in portraits on palace walls.

mental. Completely mental.

Bugeyedowl · 22/01/2023 12:55

MsBucket · 21/01/2023 05:02

@Bugeyedowl But surely if a person’s memory isn’t that reliable, it’s incumbent on that person to check before writing? Especially if it has an effect on others?

Any single person’s memory at best is not always reliable and can easily be reconstructed to fit a narrative. It’s not always intentional. Some parts are forgotten, other parts are remembered. It happens to everyone.

Did you not read the quoted lines? He's saying he doesn't remember but that is what he's been told! Is he not even allowed to say that? There's no negative impact on anyone, it's just a little detail of something nice that Diana did. And he barely remembers it because he was grieving. It could have been a PS for all it matters, perhaps his aunt recounted the story wrong, perhaps to her it was just a "video game" and whichever model it was doesn't actually matter, and for some reason he thinks it was an xbox. Like you say memories aren't always accurate.

Most memoirs are from a person's memory - we should discount ALL memoirs then?

MsBucket · 23/01/2023 20:13

Bugeyedowl · 22/01/2023 12:55

Did you not read the quoted lines? He's saying he doesn't remember but that is what he's been told! Is he not even allowed to say that? There's no negative impact on anyone, it's just a little detail of something nice that Diana did. And he barely remembers it because he was grieving. It could have been a PS for all it matters, perhaps his aunt recounted the story wrong, perhaps to her it was just a "video game" and whichever model it was doesn't actually matter, and for some reason he thinks it was an xbox. Like you say memories aren't always accurate.

Most memoirs are from a person's memory - we should discount ALL memoirs then?

@Bugeyedowl I’m not sure why you sound weirdly aggressive Confused I was simply saying that memories can be unreliable and I wasn’t just referring to the Xbox part but rather other parts of the memoir that other posters have mentioned where people.

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