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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I can’t imagine Camilla getting the Queen’s jewelry collection outright. Maybe a few pieces, but the rest as a “lifetime loan” and/or with a specific provision that they go to Kate once Kate becomes queen. [/quote]

The Queen will probably distribute some of the pieces she inherited from her mother and grandmother (Queen Mary, who was a magpie for jewels) but I suspect that most will be passed on to the Crown, of which Charles/Camilla will have control. There is no possibility that the Queen would bypass Camilla for Kate - that's purely delusional. [/quote]

This. All of the jewelry (except small personal pieces with sentimental value like brooches) are the property of the Crown not the person.

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I don't think this is entirely true. We have the official crown jewels, which are owned by the state and copies of which you see in the Tower of London.

The Queen's personal jewel collection will have pieces that technically belong to the crown and the rest are her personal items. Much of the current collection was acquired by Victoria and Queen Mary, I believe, and passed down on a personal level rather than "crown" level.

I'm sure every piece in the collection is officially either crown or personal but most is the latter. Going by precedence, which is what she will do, most of the personal jewels will pass to the next monarch, Charles.

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That's not what I said. I said that the Queen will probably distribute some pieces but will pass most of hers (from her mother/grandmother) to the crown. Otherwise they would be subject to death duties. Queen Mary's collection was enormous and the Queen Mother inherited several pieces from other rich people (to avoid death duties). Since the Queen's estate will have to pay death duties unlike prior monarch's, the bulk will be turned over to the crown.[/quote]

Do we *know* this for sure? Mildly curious. Or is it only speculation? It does make sense for the jewels to be handed over to a foundation that holds it on behalf of the monarch and his/her family. The Swedish royal family have a similar arrangement. At the same time I'm sure the Queen is careful to designate things as personal versus crown in case there is ever a disestablishment of the monarchy in the future in which crown properties are likely forfeit. Balmoral and Sandringham are personal, not crown properties, for example. [/quote]

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