Posted on 10/22/2015 10:10:40 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Few pieces of jewellery suggest blue blood like a tiara does. Worn on the grandest of occasions, they are shimmering visions of wealth, perfectly perched on some of the world's most regal crowns.
On Tuesday night at Buckingham Palace, all eyes were on the Duchess of Cambridge as she attended her first state banquet to welcome the Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.
Kate, 33, matched a beautiful red dress by Jenny Packham - a nod to China's flag - with the Lotus Flower tiara once owned by the Queen Mother. The delicate diamond tiara has fan motifs crowned by floating diamond arches and is also known as the Papyrus Tiara; it was created by British jeweller Garrard from one of the Queen Mother's own necklaces.
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I always find the details of social customs to be interesting.
I’m a real outsider as far as pro sports go, but how did a team with such poor record get so rich?
They weren’t a poor record team once but you have to go way back now. Hockey is akin to religion in Canada at least in the winter. The team in it’s greatest city enjoys a tight monopoly over the country’s largest audience and season tickets are passed down as family heirlooms. By all rights they should not be so rich but they charge what they want and get it. The Hockey Hall of Fame is in this city as well along with the Stanley Cup. It is just loaned out to the NHL champion each year. In a certain way the spirit of Hockey lives here.
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