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𝒲𝒶𝓎 𝐵𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒲𝑒𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉

World War 2: When Britain began to fight in World War 2, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Her Then Title: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth) & her sister Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Her Then Title: Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret), were moved to the Royal Lodge that was located in Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England.

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𝒟𝒶𝓉𝑒

February 1940 to May 1940

𝐼'𝓂 𝐵𝒶𝒸𝓀!

Hello my absolute lovely followers! I’m back! I’ve been on quite a hiatus, due to work, school, & family. My life has been so busy since 2020 started up! January was quite the busy month with heading back to college & work, my cousin’s baby being born, my cousin & my friend both turning 20, having 1 mental breakdown, & the flu sadly going around the school I work at. 

February has begun y’all! Also been a busy 5 days for me! I have turned 20 years old, watched the 2020 Super Bowl on my Birthday with my family, celebrated my cousin’s baby turning 1 week old, been to a Sunday Farmer’s Market, caught a nasty sinus cold, watched Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil for the first time, gotten my nails done to celebrate my birthday, & gotten through 2 days of work this week. 

Watch out for new posts coming soon! I love & missed y’all so freaking much!

Updated Posts: The Order of the Garter Post

𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒯𝒽𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

The Cartier Indian Tiara

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈/𝒲𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈:

♕ 1872 - 1956: Her Highness Princess Marie Louise: It is not known how Princess Marie came in possession of the tiara. Since the princess did not remarry after her annulment or have children, she left the jewels to multiple royal women.

♕ 1956 - 1972: His Royal Highness Prince Richard The Duke of Gloucester: After Princess Marie Louise passed away, she left The Cartier Indian Tiara to her godson, Prince Richard The Duke of Gloucester. 

♕ 1972 - Present: Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester: The current wearer of the Cartier Indian Tiara is Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester. She now wears the tiara through her marriage with His Royal Highness Prince Richard.

♕ 1981: Lady Rose Gilman: The Duchess of Gloucester playfully placed the Cartier Indian Tiara on her daughter’s head for a portrait. 

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𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇:

The crown is thought to have been made in the early 20th century. The tiara was made by Henri Lavabre at Cartier.

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃:

This tiara is of Indian inspiration & made up of diamonds, sapphires, & pearls. Each sapphire has been individually cut to fit the tiara’s composition. The graduated pinnacles are hatched by sapphires on the right hand side of the tiara.

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈

♕ 1900: A Portrait of Her Highness Princess Marie Louise

♕ June 2nd, 1953: The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II worn by Her Highness Princess Marie Louise.

♕ 1981: A Portrait of Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester worn by Lady Rose Gilman, as her mother playfully placed the tiara on her young daughter’s head

♕ April 18th, 1990: State Banquet in London, England worn by Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester

♕ November 24th, 1998: The State Opening of Parliament worn by Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester

♕ November 6th, 2006: The State Opening of Parliament worn by Her Royal Highness Birgitte The Duchess of Gloucester

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𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:

♕ There is not much known about this beautiful tiara but Royal Fans hope to see more of this tiara worn by The Duchess of Gloucester.

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𝒮𝒾𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒹𝒶𝓎

𝒫𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

Queen Mary’s Diamond Bar Choker Bracelet

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈/𝒲𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈:

♕ Her Majesty Queen Mary

♕ Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

♕ Current Wearer: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃:

This choker bracelet is a series of diamond bars or links is one of the many diamond chokers in Queen Mary’s collection.

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈

♕ 1920: Her Majesty Queen Mary: Portrait of Queen Mary (Pictured Above)

♕ August 4th, 1975: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Queen Mother’s 75th Birthday Portraits

♕ October 20th, 2015: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge: The China State Visit State Banquet at Buckingham Palace.

♕ December 8th, 2015: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge: The 2015 Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace.

♕ June 22nd, 2016: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge: The East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices Gala Dinner to support the Nook Appeal in King Lynn’s, England (Pictured Above)

♕ March 17th, 2017: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge: Royal Tour of France Dinner hosted by the Ambassador of France Edward Llewellyn at the British Embassy in France.

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𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:

♕ In 2015, The Duchess of Cambridge not only wore Queen Mary’s Bracelet for the Diplomatic Reception but she also wore the Lover’s Knot Tiara that night! Two important and beautiful pieces at one important event. Also in 2015 for the State Reception for China, The Duchess wore The Queen Mother’s Lotus Flower Tiara. The Duchess knows how to match her jewelry!

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𝐵𝓁𝑜𝑔 𝒰𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈

Hey y’all! So I’ve been hanging around Tumblr and looking at accounts. I think I’m going to take time to re-do some posts, make my page more organized & clean, and finish un-finished posts. I have a lot of time on my hands now that my current college semester is coming quickly to a close & I have about 1 or 2 weeks before the next semester begins. If things start to look weird on my page I’m just re-creating my account! I love y’all!

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎 𝒯𝒽𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒹𝓎

The Death of His Majesty King George VI

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𝒟𝑒𝒸𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓉𝒽

In 1939, The United Kingdom entered into the World War 2. The stress of the war & almost being killed at Buckingham Palace with his wife by 2 German Bombs, took a toll on King George’s health. The King began to develop many health issues, some problems like Lung Cancer coming from his heavy smoking addiction. Due to King George's declining health he had to: Postpone a tour of Australia & New Zealand in March 1949, have his daughter Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh do a month long tour of Canada after the tour had been delayed for a week in October 1951, in November 1951 the King's State Opening of Parliament had to be read by Lord Chancellor The Right Honorable Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds from his throne, & his 1951 Christmas Broadcast had to be recorded in sections & edited.

Lung Cancer: Lung Cancer claims more lives each year than any other cancer like prostate or breast. People who smoke have the greatest risk of lung cancer because the chance can increase over the length of time of smoking, what you’re smoking, & how much you have smoked over that period of time. Smoking can cause damage to the cells that line the lungs & change the lung tissue. King George’s left lung was removed by Welsh thoracic surgeon Sir Clement Price Thomas, after a malignant (cancerous) tumor was found in the lung on Sunday, September 23rd, 1951.

Atherosclerosis: A build up of cholesterol plague in the walls of arteries causing obstruction of blood flow. This can cause the arteries to harden & narrow which causes the blood flow to be blocked. It’s normally what causes heart attacks & strokes. King George developed an Arterial Blockage in his right leg, which then turned to threaten his left leg but was treated with a surgical procedure called Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy in 1949.

Buerger's Disease: A rare disease of the arteries & veins in both the arms & the legs. The blood vessels become inflamed, swell, & can become blocked with blood clots. This eventually damages or destroys skin tissues & can lead to either infection or gangrene.

On Thursday, January 31st, 1952, His Majesty King George traveled to Heathrow Airport to say goodbye to Elizabeth & Phillip before they began their tour in Australia via Kenya. The King was not advised by family, friends, & his doctor to not go to the airport. That night when the King traveled to Sandringham House & went to bed, he had suffered from Coronary Thrombosis in his sleep. He was found dead the next morning.

Coronary Thrombosis: A formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart caused by a buildup of cholesterol & fats in the artery walls. This blood clot restricts blood flow within the heart & the blood will clot because there is not enough room for it to flow. The causes of CT are high LDL Cholesterol, Smoking, Sedentary Lifestyle, & Hypertension.

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𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽

Wednesday, February 6th, 1952 at 7:30AM at Sandringham House in Norfolk at 56 Years Old.

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𝒞𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽

Declining Health & Coronary Thrombosis

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𝐹𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁

3 days after the King’s death, his coffin rested at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham before being laid in state in Westminster Hall at Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London. As his coffin was transferred from one location to another over 300,000 people filed past his coffin in London, including foreign royals & heads of state

His funeral took place at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. At 9:30AM on Friday, February 15th, the mile long journey to Westminster Hall began. Big Ben rang 56 times & 56 artillery salutes of 56 guns were fired at both Hyde Park & The Tower of London for the age of the now deceased King. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, watched the funeral procession from a window inside Marlborough House.

In the procession walked 4 Field Marshals (Alanbrooke, Ironside, Montgomery, & Slim), 4 Admirals of the Fleet, 4 Marshals of the Royal Air Force, An Escort of The Household Cavalry, Pipers, The band of The Scots Guard, The Earl Marshal, The King’s Personal Servants, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness Prince Richard The Duke of Gloucester, His Royal Highness Prince Edward VIII The Duke of Windsor, & His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent. Following the procession included Heads of State, Foreign Royals, Diplomats, Other Dignitaries, Police, & Fire Service

In a carriage behind the King’s Coffin were Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret The Countess of Snowdon, & Her Royal Highness Anne The Princess Royal.

The funeral procession went past St. James’s Palace, Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Edgware Road, & Sussex Garden all the way to Paddington Station. After the coffin arrived at Paddington Station, The King was taken by train to Windsor Castle. On the coffin lay the Imperial Crown, Orb, Scepter, & a Wreath of both White Lilacs & White Carnations in the shape of the George Cross. The King was interred in the Royal Vault & was transferred to King George VI Memorial Chapel inside of St. George’s Chapel. 

Video of The Funeral

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𝒮𝓊𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓇

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II