#queen mary

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Queen Mary and King George V visiting the Chelsea Flower Show, circa 1920s.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Miniature crate of whiskey made for Queen Mary's Dollhouse, 1924,

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Maria and Giygas, from Earthbound Beginnings

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Mother, Mum, Mamma || Catherine & Charlotte, Elizabeth & Charles, Mary & George, Anne & Zara, Diana & William, Alexandra & Louise

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The Crowns of the British Consorts since Queen Victoria.

The Royal Family has informed that Queen Mary’s Crown will be used by Queen Camilla at the Coronation on Saturday, 6th May 2023.

This is the first time a Queen Consort’s Crown has been re-used since the 18th century (when Queen Caroline, consort of George II, wore Mary of Modena’s crown), in the interests of sustainability and efficiency.

Some minor changes and additions will be undertaken by the Crown Jeweller, in keeping with the longstanding tradition that the insertion of jewels is unique to the occasion, and reflects the Consort’s individual style.

The Crown will be reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds. In addition, four of the Crown’s eight detachable arches will be removed to create a different impression to when the Crown was worn by Queen Mary at the 1911 Coronation.

[laceymay2630]

This picture has me falling apart all over again 😭 Mary is a queen 🏳️‍🌈❤️

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Balcony Appearances + Major Events of the British Royal Family

1935 - Silver Jubilee of George V

1937 - Coronation of King George VI

1953 - The Coronation of Elizabeth II

2022 - The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

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Queen Mary's Art Deco Emerald Choker was created by jewellers Garrard & Co. in 1921 from a gift of emeralds received in 1911 from the Ladies of India.

Queen Mary wore it across her lifetime for royal events and portraits. 

In 1981, Queen Elizabeth II gave the choker to Diana, Princess of Wales as a lifetime loan wedding gift. The Princess wore the item on a number of occasions the last one being her 36th birthday, just two months before her death.

On the 2nd December 2022, Catherine, The Princess of Wales wore the choker for the first time attending the Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston. Source

[charlotte-of-wales]

Royal Tiaras Highlights: The Diamond Diadem

The order for the diadem was placed with Rundells in 1820 and work was complete by May of that year, made for George IV for use at his coronation. The diadem has been regularly worn and slightly altered by subsequent queens regnant and consorts from Queen Adelaide onwards. The piece is silver and gold-lined with an openwork frame set transparent with 1,333 diamonds, including a four-carat pale yellow brilliant in the centre of the front cross

Via The Royal Collection Trust

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Queen Mary and her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) filmed c. 1946-1947. Royal Archive © The Royal Household, 2022.

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Queen Mary of United Kingdom, consort of King George V, when she was Princess of Wales, 1901.

[tiaramania]

Queen Camilla's Consort Crown

Yesterday it was announced that Queen Camilla will wear Queen Mary's Crown for the coronation on May 6th. I was expecting her to wear Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother's Crown so I'm not quite prepared and I'm going to have to change several of my pre-coronation posts.

The crown was made by Garrard in 1911 using brilliant and rose cut diamonds set in silver and gold. You can see in the picture at the top that the three largest diamonds have been replaced with rock crystal/quartz replicas. The original diamonds were removed so that they could be worn in other jewelry which is normal for British consort crowns.

For Queen Camilla the Cullinan III and IV are being put back in the crown but not the Koh-i-Noor. I let you read about the Koh-i-Noor diamond on your own. I think this is a very smart choice and it's not the first time the center of this crown has been set with another diamond.

For the coronation of King George VI in 1937, Queen Mary wore the the crown without the arches or the cap and with the Cullinan V in the center since the Koh-i-Noor was being used in Queen Elizabeth's crown. These are the clearest photos I could find but you can see that the whole brooch is used because the diamond does not take up the full space of the center cross and there are smaller diamonds on the sides. I'm not sure which stone she is wearing in the center of the band since she's wearing the Cullinan IV as a brooch. Edit: @gloriouszipperskeletonshoe has the answer. They temporarily put one of the diamonds from Queen Victoria's Regal Circlet in the band. The Regal Circlet was being dismantled anyway so the diamonds could be used in Queen Elizabeth's crown.

The eight arches are detachable and only four of them will be used this time. I'm guessing it's so that the crown is more in line with St. Edward's Crown and the Imperial State Crown which both only have four. All of the changes being made are options already available for the crown, it just hasn't been worn in this exact configuration before.

Above are the crowns of Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary. The only usable options are Elizabeth's and Mary's because all previous consort crowns (Mary of Modena, Adelaide, and Alexandra) have had all of the gemstones removed and some of them have been reset with rock crystal or glass stones. The last four queens consort have had new crowns made for them and this is the first time a consort crown has been reused since 1727. The Crown Jewels by Anna Keay is the best book on the subject if you are interested.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Queen Mary’s dollhouse, 1921-24.

[grandmaster-anne]

circa 1927: From the left: King George V and Queen Mary (seated), the Duke of York and Duchess of York with 14-month old Princess Elizabeth and, on the extreme right, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.

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Forgot to post these pictures from birthday tea last month. 

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HM Queen Mary (circa 1912)