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on 13/10/2009, 20:35:07, in reply to ""Thank God I知 not a woman who looks vulgar in diamonds!""
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What a fantastic quote!
I'm intrigued by the photograph of Queen Mary. It is similar to others I have seen but I've rarely seen a photo of HM (as Queen Consort) before in which she looks so tired and careworn. Any idea of a date for the photograph, Janet?
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: A quote attributed to the most regal Queen,
: Britain has ever produced and in reference
: to the moment before the Dehli Durbar in
: 1911 when she apparently took no great
: persuasion to add yet another glittering
: trinket to her already rather heavily
: bejewelled body.
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: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/6308809/Maharaja-the-Splendour-of-Indias-Royal-Courts-at-the-VandA-review.html
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: The Victoria and Albert Museum currently has
: an exhibition about the splendour of the
: Indian Empire and their rulers with a
: special focus on the Dehli Durbar.
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