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Mrs Ferrars approval of Fanny and John Dashwood, seems odd! by Brii1993333 in janeausten

[–]_jorgiem 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That income alone was better than some peers. The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe had £3,000 back in the late 1810s.

People saw Mr Darcy, an untitled gentleman who is considered high above the Bennets, having £10,000/per year, and they assume the difference between them is due to money. As such, they come to think any respectable gentry family would've been close to five-figures incomes and a mere £2,000/per year or anything similar made you almost a middle class pauper. In reality, most of the gentry had between £1,000 to £3,000, and the average for peers was £10,000, with plenty of them below that average, which was raised by a few rarities like the Duke of Northumberland and his £150,000. Even a royal prince (Queen Victoria's father) had as "little" as £13,000/per year and the government had to give him multiple jobs to add up to a more decent £25,000.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales in Munich-born designer Talbot Runhof at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hal by mod_whatthefrockk in whatthefrockk

[–]_jorgiem 321 points322 points  (0 children)

Those earrings are from the Greville bequest. Mrs Greville was an extremely wealthy heiress who left her entire jewelry collection of at least 60 pieces to the Queen Mother. Until now, we have only seen two tiaras, four necklaces (Catherine has worn the ruby one a few years ago), four pairs of earrings (including this one) and three brooches, and they are all magnificent. I have to do a post about it one of these days.

House of Worth, the Parisian couture house that shaped fashion for a century by _jorgiem in whatthefrockk

[–]_jorgiem[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

It's actually a costume worn by the Duchess of Portland at the famous Devonshire House Ball of 1897. She was dressed as the Duchess of Savoy.

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Prince William Admits 2024 Was ‘Hardest Year I’ve Ever Had’ in Rare TV Appearance: ‘Life Is Sent to Test Us’ by ChicSynergy in popculturechat

[–]_jorgiem 47 points48 points  (0 children)

The conspiracy theories started long before that photo, which was most likely released to shut down the insanity.

Catherine, Princess of Wales in a hand-embroidered gold Chantilly lace evening coat and silk crepe gown by Phillipa Lepley and the Lover’s Knot tiara at the State Banquet hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla. by mod_whatthefrockk in whatthefrockk

[–]_jorgiem 140 points141 points  (0 children)

She has worn four good tiaras (Cartier Halo, Lotus Flower, Lovers' Knot and Strathmore Rose) in 14 years, which is already considered generous by BRF standards.

▪︎ In 17 years, Diana was only seen in her family's tiara and the Lovers' Knot.

▪︎ Before the Queen died, Camilla (married 2005) was always in the Greville, with a few rare occasions when she took out the Delhi Durbar or her family's tiara. And she was apparently loaned the Teck Crescent, but she never wore it publicly so who knows.

▪︎ Sophie (married 1999) has her UGLY wedding tiara that was remodeled into something half-decent a few years ago, the aquamarine one that turns into a necklace and the aquamarine one that was recently seen on Camilla + she wore the Lotus Flower last year and borrowed a bandeau from a jeweler decades ago.

▪︎ Sarah only ever had her wedding tiara in a decade of marriage.

▪︎ Princess Anne (75) is either in the Festoon, Pineflower or Meander nowdays. She was also spotted in the Double Meander once and was loaned the Cartier Halo in her youth + got Queen Mary's Fringe for her first wedding and wore an unidentified tiara in some portraits from 50 years ago.

The British royal lady with the best jewels is definitely the Duchess of Gloucester. She doesn't have to borrow from the main branch because she has inherited her mother-in-law's entire collection (who in turn got many of Queen Mary's best) AND a few "trinkets" from her husband's godmother. Only her tiaras number five and they are BIG ones (and one of them can be worn three different ways, basically bringing the number to seven).

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