The collection from which banquet pieces are drawn — tiaras, orders and heirlooms assigned meaning by the wearing. For the Oman banquet the vault supplied Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara and the late Queen Elizabeth’s earrings and bracelet, dressing the Princess of Wales in three generations of monarchy for one evening beside the Sultan.
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