The Queen Mother had access to so much jewellery it would be almost impossible to describe it all, so in this fascinating, fully illustrated talk Jeremy concentrates on a selection of items which are of gemmological and historic interest, and have an amusing story attached.Jeremy Mainwaring-Burton graduated from Durham University with a degree in geology and was offered a job as a mining geologist in Zambia. But rather than eke out the remainder of his youth down a copper mine, he thought it would be more fun to join the Army. And indeed, it was. On leaving Sandhurst he spent five years in the Irish Guards, the last two and a half of which were on secondment to Clarence House as the Queen Mother’s equerry.The Queen Mother would spend every August at the Castle of Mey, her property near John O’Groats on the north coast of Scotland. Jeremy first stayed there when serving as Her Majesty’s equerry and on numerous occasions thereafter as one of her guests. When she died in 2002, he was asked to help open the castle to the public and what was supposed to be a six-week appointment lasted six years. As a result, he has spent more time at the Castle of Mey over the years than its royal owner ever did.

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Jeremy Mainwaring-Burton

Jeremy served as the Queen Mother’s equerry while in the army in the late 1970’s. Being interested in stones and having a degree in geology he couldn’t help but notice the magnificent gems in the jewellery Her Majesty used to wear. Indeed if he admired a certain piece she would sometimes take it off and give it to him to have a closer look. The Queen Mother may have thought her choice of jewellery “not very great “but in fact she had so much to choose from it would be almost impossible to describe it all. So in this entertaining, illustrated talk, Jeremy concentrates on a selection of items which are of gemmological and historic interest, and have an amusing story attached.

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