Picture No | 12001445 |
Date | 1935 |
Description | Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond |
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Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond, a historic gem reputed to have been worn by Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy in 1477. It had other owners including Elizabeth I, James I and Marie Antoinette.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 10 November 1948 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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