QUEEN MARGHERITA'S PEARLS
[By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) ROME, January 16. The late Queen Margherlta. left a famous collection of pearls, believed to be the most valuable in the possession of any single peofson, to her son. King Victor Emmanuel. The late King Humbert presented Margherlta with a pearl necklace on every birthday and she herself purchased many others. The collection now consists of thirty-two strings, the present •value of which is estimated at £1,820,000. Margherlta bequested her villa at Bordighera to the Association of War Widows and Mothers.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3247, 18 January 1926, Page 9
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