Posted on 11/24/2007 6:15:30 AM PST by bannie
Its five strands of diamonds covered her decolletage and made the Queen's jewels look quite modest as they attended the Queen's banquet for the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Kampala, Uganda, on Friday.
But Camilla didn't deliberately set out to overshadow her mother-in-law - the Queen gave her permission to borrow it from the royal collection.
Camilla's favourite couturier, Anna Valentine, designed her a simple duck-egg blue dress and matching stole to set off the necklace, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
The Duchess added the Queen Mother's Boucheron tiara, a set of diamond earrings and the Queen Elizabeth II Family Order, given to female members of the royal family.
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Charles was always in love with her and Diana knew it! She was a fool to marry him.
OTOH, Diana may have been physically beautiful, but she was obscessed with herself and puked after every meal so she could stay trim. She hated riding or even being around horses.
IMHO, Charles and Camilla are one of the greatest love affairs of our time. Diana's boys seem to get on very well with her.
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I guess if you found out one of your Royal sons wasn't fathered by YOU, you'd just forgive and forget? Rubbish!
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I think you are wrong. I would have not made any difference if there had been no Camilla, Di was unstable and would have never stayed for the long run, she craved too much attention from men.
Queen out-dazzled by Camilla the diamond duchess in Commonwealth visit
The necklace was also owned by the Queen Mother, who wore it with the same tiara as Camilla, to a state banquet with her daughter in November 1950.
NOT!
Remember “King” Edward and that American hussie Mrs Simpson?
At least Eddie had the guts to turn down the “Crown” for his “beauty” of a wife!
Aloha kakou
It is remarks like that that make freepers look like foolish idiots.
That head belongs beneath an axe on the scaffold of the Tower of London. There is something disgusting about such a grotesque display of wealth, particularly when it is unearned and merely stolen from the people. I despise “royalty”, whether British or Saudi. They are two sides of the same coin. Wealth acquired by theft, graft, mass-murder and tyranny. It is antithetical to the laws of God and Man. It is repulsive.
I certainly agree with that!
This was a better "match". Pics of Camilla and the Queen Mother in the same crown.
I tried to post the picture, but it's sectional!
When I saw that necklace, I woundered what could ever make it look good. The picture of "the Queen Mother" in it helps its appearance, considerably.
I thought at first that it was part of her headgear.
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Somehow that strikes me as the perfect punchline.
Now, we just have to think of the joke!
She continued to see Charles after her marriage - and her husband knew but turned a blind eye - the English 'high brow' are wont to do that - stiff upper lip, you know..
Ditto.....
Whatever Di’s early faults, like most, she outgrew them....
(yes, you do out grow eating disorders and BLPD’s either die or grow up.....she grew up).
She was the girl we all wished we could be, other than the ‘married to Charles’ part.
The necklace can be 3 or 5 strand. Although the Queen Mother wears it well, I still think it rather gaudy. :) The neckline of the dress it’s worn with also has a bearing on how it looks. I think Camilla’s designer needs to be fired too.
I think she’s wearin’ a toga.
Actually no, I was just saying not to deify Diana, she was slutting around as well. So I meant neither was anyone to be proud of, just Diana was prettier.
Hell, I would never look that geh!
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