British Royal Jewels of the Past 2: 2022 -

[maria-olivia]

Only Prince Michael kept hisr Mother's jewels . I hope they are not fake because he has also short in money before he worked for the Russians .

 

[muriel]

It must be over 20 years if not more.
What will happen to the Kent jewels in the future!

I suspect the jewels owned by the Duke & Duchess of Kent will largely be sold.

 

[Marengo]

There isn´t all that much left isn´t there? The remaining tiaras are unimportant and not of a great value, except of what remains of the sapphires. Her girandoline earrings have been sold to a jeweller and are now worn by Kim Kardashian and her bow brooch is now owned by the Dubai royal family. The 'new' aquamarine tiara was sold. What was left of the sapphire parure was seen on another lady (the necklace and earrings at least) at the Moira Fine Art Jewellery. So it seems to be sold completely.

What remains is the Kent diamond and festoon tiara - which can never be worth a fortune as the size of the stones are not very impressive. And there will be some brooches and earrings perhaps. But not much more I think.

It is a great pity the sapphire tiara was not bought back by the late Queen. And a pity that such a beautiful piece -fit for a Queen- ever left the main line in the first place.

 

[SirGyamfi1]

There isn´t all that much left isn´t there? The remaining tiaras are unimportant and not of a great value, except of what remains of the sapphires. Her girandoline earrings have been sold to a jeweller and are now worn by Kim Kardashian and her bow brooch is now owned by the Dubai royal family. The 'new' aquamarine tiara was sold. What was left of the sapphire parure was seen on another lady (the necklace and earrings at least) at the Moira Fine Art Jewellery. So it seems to be sold completely.

What remains is the Kent diamond and festoon tiara - which can never be worth a fortune as the size of the stones are not very impressive. And there will be some brooches and earrings perhaps. But not much more I think.

It is a great pity the sapphire tiara was not bought back by the late Queen. And a pity that such a beautiful piece -fit for a Queen- ever left the main line in the first place.

The Kent/Romanov bow brooch belongs to Sheikha Amna Al-Thani (Qatar) not the Al-Maktoum Emirs (Dubai). Prince Michael of Kent has some Romanov emeralds and pearls, and heirloom pearl necklace from the Teck collection. Unfortunately, they weren’t rich enough to buy jewels from Princess Olga of Yugoslavia’s collection as her descendants sold rivières belonging to Queen Olga of Greece and there were emerald earrings that Gloria of Thurn und Taxis bought from Olga’s collection, but were sold at auction. The girandoles are owned by jeweller, Kim was probably just loaned the earrings as she only wore them once.

 

[maria-olivia]

Prince Michael still owns his Mother's Fringe tiara . His daughter wore it for her Wedding day.

 

[muriel]

Prince Michael still owns his Mother's Fringe tiara . His daughter wore it for her Wedding day.

Prince Michael has managed to retain most if not all of the jewellery he inherited.

 

[Hallo girl]

Probably why the tiaras etc all go out on loan now, rather than gifted in the real sense of the word.

 

[muriel]

Probably why the tiaras etc all go out on loan now, rather than gifted in the real sense of the word.

Lending makes complete sense to me. Provide the cadet branches with financial security (through investments and real estate), which can be passed down through the generations. For working members of the firm, lend them jewellery so that they are suitably bejewelled for the state events they represent the nation.

 

[Marengo]

That seems more sensible indeed. The British collection is so gigantic that there is enough to share between a decreasing number of active royals and at less and less tiara-events. The junior branches will have no need of these jewels, other than at weddings. Neither do they need dead assets that will not provide an income but that will be a financial burden in terms of insurance, secure storage and [inheritance] tax.

Aditionally, the time that the royal vaults would automatically be stocked up with lush gifts from a generous population is long gone. And the people marrying into the RF will not inherit/ be gifted any tiaras from their own families either. So dividing them up will mean that the vault will slowly empty out. The result we see in Denmark: exceptional jewels leave the main line and to make up for that loss unassuming pieces need to be bought. The late Queen was wise to keep the collection together.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Prince Michael has managed to retain most if not all of the jewellery he inherited.

Marie Christine has really spoiled over the past few decades with that portion of the Kent family jewels!

 

[muriel]

That seems more sensible indeed. The British collection is so gigantic that there is enough to share between a decreasing number of active royals and at less and less tiara-events. The junior branches will have no need of these jewels, other than at weddings. Neither do they need dead assets that will not provide an income but that will be a financial burden in terms of insurance, secure storage and [inheritance] tax.

Aditionally, the time that the royal vaults would automatically be stocked up with lush gifts from a generous population is long gone. And the people marrying into the RF will not inherit/ be gifted any tiaras from their own families either. So dividing them up will mean that the vault will slowly empty out. The result we see in Denmark: exceptional jewels leave the main line and to make up for that loss unassuming pieces need to be bought. The late Queen was wise to keep the collection together.

I concur.

The example of Denmark that you sight is a good one. In the last 50 odd years, a lot of jewellery has left the main line (to Benedikte, Anne-Marie and the wives of Joachim), which really has not been replaced. Margarethe did not really buy much precious jewellery in her time as Queen. Henrik did buy some "artistic" pieces, but they weren't the most exciting additions to the collection. Most of Mary's acquisitions (other than the very modern jewellery) have been wise and good value, but really don't contain "Queen level" stones (the only exception is the pair of diamond earrings she wore for the first time at Ingrid's 18th birthday gala in Oslo a few years ago).

 

[muriel]

Marie Christine has really spoiled over the past few decades with that portion of the Kent family jewels!

Marie-Christiane has also worn that jewellery very well, and has been creative in its use.

 

[maria-olivia]

What will happen with the great Gloucester jewels collection ? Their Children are unknown, will never be invited to the Court and will never wear them.