$129,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY WEDDING GIFT OF DIANA, REDESIGNED BY QUEEN CONSORT CAMILLA
Camilla and then-Prince Charles had met in 1970, and their romance continued as an affair, and is now still continuing. As Charles wanted to be her husband, Camilla was not seemed by the royalty enough aristocratic, and she was not “virginal” enough to be Charles’ wife.
Their connection continued, even though Charles was married with Princess Diana. Their affair started after, even both of them were married.
Two days before the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Charles had gifted a golden bracelet to Camilla, but Diana was aware, as she was informed by someone at the office, about the gift.
Inside the bracelet, G and F were inscribed. The initials of their nicknames, Gladys and Fred. Camilla said, “I was devastated. He’d found the virgin, the sacrificial lamb, and in a way, he was obsessed with me. But it was hot and cold, hot and cold.” At that time.
As Diana was aware of the gift, she talked with her sisters, and stated that she wouldn’t marry with Charles.
“So I went upstairs, had lunch with my sisters who were there and said: ‘I can’t marry him, I can’t do this, this is absolutely unbelievable,'” Diana said.
The couple had married in 1981, and she received numerous of gifts. The most liked gift came from Queen Elizabeth II, which was a diamond brooch.
The name of the piece was, “Prince of Wales’ Feathers Brooch,” and it was first made for Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863.
The necklace had 18 diamonds with small emeralds, and in the middle, the Prince of Wales Ostrich Feathers staying.
And also, Diana received a signet ring from Charles, which came with a card, “I’m so proud of you, and when you come up, I’ll be there at the altar for you tomorrow. Just look ’em in the eye and knock ’em dead.”
“So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale grey, veiled pillbox hat, saw it all, her son Tom standing on a chair. To this day, you know – vivid memory,” Diana explained at the time.
And on their marriage in 2005, Camilla had received the brooch, since it was returned to Queen Elizabeth II after Diana and Charles’ divorce in 1996.
“The notion of Camilla wearing a sparkling emerald and diamond brooch that once rested gracefully as a pendant on Diana’s skin and close to her heart does feel somewhat jarring when you think that many years ago Camilla was Diana’s husband’s lover.” Stated by Charlotte White, the Head of design at 77 diamonds.
“And yet, this 158-year-old jewel does contain within it an undeniable link to Prince Charles, the man to whom both these women are inextricably linked,”
A source stated, “It is understood that the Prince was particularly keen for his new bride to wear the brooch because of its association with successive princes of Wales,”
“As this is a royal jewel worn by not one, but two members of the royal family, it probably has an estimated value of around £100,000 thanks to its legacy.” Maxwell Stone from Steven Stone Jewellers stated.
Diana was jealous of Camilla’s gift to Charles, during their wedding. She had saw Camilla’s pictures on her husband’s diary, at their honeymoon, and she saw two cufflinks, wihh they had “C’s” on them.
Princess Diana talked about the gifts Charles received from Camilla made her jealous, and she stated, “Jealousy, total jealousy – and it’s such a good idea two ‘C’s,’ but it wasn’t that clever in some ways.”
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