mrs simpsons jewellery

[deggers316]

just seen millions made on the sale of this jewellery of Edward and Mrs Simpson,presents from him to here ,but who paid for them the taxpayer? through the royal allowances?

[Invictas]

It's a very grey area.
When Princess Margaret died,she left all her jewels to her two children.
Not that long ago they sold them(much to the annoyance of Lord Snowdon).
It seems many of these were paid for (out of the Civil List) by the Queen,so perhaps we can argue that the money should have gone back to the Queen,or to the taxpayer.
The problem is,there is (now) no way of knowing(apparently) which jewels were bought privately,and which were bought with(in effect) taxpayers money.
If we cannot decide this for jewels bought around 1961,how are we to make a decision on jewels going back to 1936 and beyond?
I believe most of the DOW's jewels came out of the Duke's money,but whether this was his money as POW and then King,or his private fortune we will never now know.
Not only that,but as this seller bought them at the famous Geneva sale of the DOW's jewels,just how do we propose to take the money off of him?(Given that he is not a UK citizen)
If you want to argue that the money should have come back to the UK,then something should have been done when they were sold from the Duchess' estate in 1987,to make a fuss now is surely shutting the stable door after the horse has gone.

[jno]

naomi, it was common gossip in the 1940s - but quite possibly fictional propaganda from anti-royalists, or anti-Edwardists or anti-Wallisists.

http://www.greghallet...ent/wallissimpson.pdf

[Invictas]

PS:~
To answer another point.
There WERE quite a few "family" jewels that came back to the Queen in 1986(when the Duchess died) but being the usual secretive Royal Family that they are these have never been disclosed(it's not the public's business),so we will never know just how much(or what) WAS returned.

[naomi24]

jno. I didn't know that. Thanks,

[sandyRoe]

Didn't the chap who owned 'Arrods renovate their house in Paris?
Naomi, I can't see charles giving it up. He's waited so long. Didn't Edward 7 go to his crowning while recovering from an operation?

[sandyRoe]

I didn't know Prince Charles was a Nazi sympathiser

[naomi24]

Sandy, yes, Mr Al Fayed did buy the house in Paris.

Charles has been in love with Camilla for years, but I suspect if made to choose, he'd put 'duty' before love.

Edward was never crowned.

[naomi24]

Haa! Silly!! :o)

[Invictas]

Yes Sandy,
Al Fayed bought the house in the Bois de Bolugne and spent millions restoring it,and hoping it would be a home for Diana and Dodi.
I don't know if he still owns it,but this is it's official website:~ http://www.alfayed.co...he-villa-windsor.aspx

[Invictas]

Steve,
We could even say that Joseph Chamberlain sympathised with the Nazis!(Peace in our Time)
as did many of the British Aristocracy,who hoped Hitler would maintain "their" staus quo,if he invaded.

[sandyRoe]

I think Lord Halifax was a possible candidate for PM after Chamberlain. He was a man who would have looked for a compromise with the nazis.

[mike11111]

I think you mean Neville Chamberlain, rather than Joseph, Invictas.

[Invictas]

Very true Steve,
What went on with all those "sympathisers"in the run up to WW2 would make these Wikileaks look like a stroll in the park! LOL

[Invictas]

Sorry thanks Mike I always muddle up Joseph,Austen and Neville! LOL