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Park In-Ho
Park In-Ho
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2021
Preceded by	Lee Seong-yong
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Air Force

The Poltimore Tiara is a diamond tiara, named for Florence, Lady Poltimore, wife of Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore and the tiara's original owner.

Description

The tiara's silver and gold framework is 19.2 centimetres (7.6 in) in diameter, supporting a graduated line of gold settings arranged in alternating floral and scroll motifs. The settings contain clusters of old-cut and cushion-cut diamonds, surmounted by old-cut diamond terminals. The total or individual weight of diamonds in the tiara has not been assessed or publicly disclosed. The tiara was designed to be readily disassembled into a necklace and eleven separate brooches, connected by screwdriver and brooch fittings.

Provenance

The Poltimore Tiara was constructed by the London jeweler R & S Garrard in 1870. Its design was commissioned from Garrard by Augustus Bampfylde, a sitting Lord of the Liberal Party, for his wife Florence. While she wore it to several public functions, including the coronation of King George V in 1911,^[1] the tiara saw little public attention until its sale by Augustus and Florence's grandson, George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore, through public auction on 29th January 1959. It was purchased for Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon for £5,500 on the advice of Patrick Plunkett, Deputy Master of the Royal Household, before the official announcement of her engagement to Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones,^[2] though whether the purchase was on behalf of Margaret herself or for her mother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to present as a gift, remains unclear.^[3]

By longstanding tradition, within the British royal family only married women wear tiaras. The ability to disassemble the Poltimore Tiara, however, allowed Margaret to wear it publicly to the Royal Opera House in May 1959—almost a year before her wedding—in its necklace-and-brooch form. It was the second Garrard-designed tiara purchased for use at a royal wedding, the first being a kokoshnik-style fringe tiara purchased for her sister Elizabeth's wedding to Prince Philip. The latter famously snapped into two pieces on the day of the wedding.^[4]

A satin-bound silk tulle veil was attached to the tiara for the wedding.

The Princess continued to wear the Poltimore Tiara throughout her life for important state events and parties, and she was said to have liked the tiara's impressive height. She often wore the stellar piece on top of elaborate high hairdos, usually with a pair of statement earrings for added dramatic effect. The tiara also famously appeared in a rather scandalous snap of Margaret in the bathtub which was taken by her then-husband.

Pieces from the spectacular collection have already toured the country for six days, during which some 9,000 people viewed highlights of the jewellery lots. Went on display at Christie's itself today, due for auction 14 June Some of the proceeds will also go to charity, one of the main beneficiaries being the Princess Margaret Fund at the Stroke Association, founded by David Linley. ^[5]

In June 2006, Christie’s London auctioned 800 items, including 192 pieces of jewelry, belonging to Princess Margaret, who died in 2002. The majority were pieces she acquired as gifts at and during her marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon. However, several pieces offered at the sale came from the British royal collection, including the Poltimore Tiara, made in 1870 and worn at her wedding 90 years later. Her children reportedly placed the items up for sale to pay some US$5.5 million in inheritance taxes. The queen is said to have demanded that her portion of the proceeds be given to charity. This was one of the few occasions that jewels from the British royal collection have left the family (Alderson, 2006). The sale realized US$17.7 million, nearly double the high presale estimate. The tiara, set with small diamonds, sold for US$1.7 million against a presale estimate of US$370,000. Another significant piece from the British royal collection, Queen Mary’s diamond rivière necklace, brought US$1.8 million against a presale estimate of US$550,000. The Princess Margaret sale also included approximately 15 smaller jewelry items dating back to the eighteenth century (Christie’s, 2006).^[6]

purchased by an anonymous buyer from China^[7]

It’s a set-up familiar to today’s social-media influencers. Hair done, make-up on, enlist a willing other half to take a photo of you in the bath; the contrast between glamour and mundanity making for perfect Instagram fodder. If the internet had existed in 1962, it would have gone into meltdown at the sight of Princess Margaret in the tub at Kensington Palace, wearing nothing but a diamond tiara and a coquettish smile. The now-famous image was taken by Margaret’s then-husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, two years after they were married, but wasn’t shown in public until 2006. And it’s in the limelight once more as Helena Bonham-Carter recreates the scandalous scene in the third season of The Crown. Princess Margaret wearing her wedding tiara in the bath, 1962^[3]

References

^ O'Callaghan, Lauren, "The Poltimore: Princess Margaret's favourite tiara was at the centre of a royal scandal", The Express, 9 February, 2020.
^ Molesworth, Helen, "Property from the Collection of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon", Christie's, 13 June 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Royce-Greensmill, Sarah, "The story behind Princess Margaret's tiara in the bath, and the photo that inspired The Crown", The Telegraph; London [London]. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ Royce-Greensmill, Sarah, "The story behind the Queen's wedding-day tiara, and what happened when it snapped", The Telegraph; London [London]. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Princess Margaret's jewellery goes on show", The Guardian, 9 June, 2006. Retrieved 30 December, 2022.
^ Shor, R. (2020)."A History of European Royal Jewel Sales", Gems & Gemology, 56(3).
^ Jardine, L. (2012). Another Point of View. Random House. p.66.

Category:Individual crowns Category:Diamond

Christies: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4718180

Park In-Ho (박 인 호 b. 1956) is the current Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/06/205_311272.html http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210628000951

https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002977748/ https://www.usafa.af.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2759999/rokaf-air-chief-gains-insight-into-the-academys-mission/

A few potential articles

As well as Bikini bandits and finger jousting from previous years, I thought it might be an idea to jot down some articles I've been meaning to write for ages, but never got around to, before I forget them entirely:

Camel mobile library - See BBC, etc.

Other ones I need to do at some point:

List for Cannes, so I don't forget. Updating as I go:

Done:

Working:

Parallel Lines (waiting on the new issue of Shots.)
Onslaught
Voyeur
Paint
Balls
Time Sculpture
Tipping Point
Tag
http://www.leftlanenews.com/ever-wondered-what-a-completely-clear-car-would-look-like-video.html?
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CFRB - http://www.millwardbrown.com/Insights/KnowledgePoints/EmotionalResponse/EmotionalResponse-Page1.aspx

Psychological autopsy

[1] O'Callaghan, Lauren, "The Poltimore: Princess Margaret's favourite tiara was at the centre of a royal scandal", The Express, 9 February, 2020.

[2] Molesworth, Helen, "Property from the Collection of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon", Christie's, 13 June 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[telegraph-3] Royce-Greensmill, Sarah, "The story behind Princess Margaret's tiara in the bath, and the photo that inspired The Crown", The Telegraph; London [London]. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[4] Royce-Greensmill, Sarah, "The story behind the Queen's wedding-day tiara, and what happened when it snapped", The Telegraph; London [London]. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[5] "Princess Margaret's jewellery goes on show", The Guardian, 9 June, 2006. Retrieved 30 December, 2022.

[6] Shor, R. (2020)."A History of European Royal Jewel Sales", Gems & Gemology, 56(3).

[7] Jardine, L. (2012). Another Point of View. Random House. p.66.

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