The Greville Chandelier Earrings and King George VI Festoon Necklace
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viola324In album: Royal Jewelry & TiarasIn Webshots channel: news - Date uploaded: Jan 13, 2006
Given to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 as a wedding gift from her parents. The earrings show examples of every known modern cut of diamond at the time (only one earring is showing, the other did not scan well).
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sorry but the earrings shown above are not the greville earrings. these are gifts of king george VI and queen elizabeth to princess elizabeth and were made from family diamonds. she used to were them a lot during the early part of her reign.
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duka_di_mantova 2008.10.25 at 16:10:16 PDT
Absolutely Exquisite!
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sheilasweeney 2006.06.14 at 18:29:24 PDT
However, it's certainly not her favourite set of jewelry. She's not tall and I don't think I've seen pictures of her with those earrings. They'd be heavy as well as large. I dunno, but they seem a little over the top. But what do I know?
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helenmartin4 2006.06.13 at 21:37:23 PDT
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