This crown was once presented to the Queen Mother by her longtime friend, Lady Greville.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are currently on an official visit to Germany and have already managed to attend a banquet organized by the President of Germany at the Schloss Bellevue residence. The King of Great Britain looked very elegant, but his wife caught the attention. After all, Camilla appeared in the royal jewels. Including the famous Greville crown. The Daily Mail writes about it.
The monarch and her husband are greeted with a guard of honor and national anthems before entering Schloss Bellevue, the official residence of the president.
Camilla shone in a black evening dress from Bruce Oldfield with shiny silver embroidery and complemented the image with rhinestones from the royal treasury.
A diamond necklace belonging to her mother-in-law, II. He wore a brooch with a portrait of Elizabeth. And one of the most luxurious and ostentatious crowns of the British royal family.
This crown has several names: Boucheron crown, Honeycomb crown, Greville crown or Greville crown.
It is noteworthy that this crown is not actually royal. It was ordered from the Boucheron jewelery house in 1901 by Margaret Greville, the daughter of the wealthiest Scottish brewer and wife of Baron Ronald Greville, Member of the British Parliament. The marriage only lasted two years, so Margaret was widowed. She loved jewellery and was friendly with the royal family as she was friends with her husband, the Prince of Wales.
King VII.
Margaret hosted Edward and Alice in her home and even rumoredly gave them privacy throughout their date.
Lady Greville had no children and no direct heirs. So she bequeathed all her treasures to her friends. And especially members of the royal family – Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Elizabeth wrote that her mother-in-law, Queen Mary of Teck, was “stunned” to have received such “beautiful stones”.
Thus, the honeycomb crown did not keep dust in the box for a long time. This became Queen Anne’s favorite piece of jewelry and she even posed with it for her age-old photo portrait.
In 1953, Elizabeth II slightly redesigned the crown and added more stones. And then he gave it to Camille.
The necklace worn by the queen wife also paid homage to her deceased mother-in-law. It was presented to Elizabeth in 1947 by financial figures from the City of London.
The Order of the Royal Family, the monarch’s highest personal honor, adorning Camilla’s dress, portrayed young Elizabeth.
Source: Focus
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