H. R. H. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
H.R.H Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was issued in August / September 1979, as a Limited Edition of 800 dolls. The edition quantity was raised from the previous Limited Editions of 500 for the Tower Treasures dolls, because ". . . we are faced with very heavy origination costs". (Quote from Tower Treasures Leaflet June 1979).
As with previous issues of Tower Treasures dolls, the first ten were reserved for members of the Nisbet family. The Queen Mother doll was priced at £48.00, ($128.00)
The doll shows The Queen Mother as depicted in a well-known portrait taken by renowned photographer Norman Parkinson. The Queen Mother is wearing a beautiful gown made to celebrate her 75th Birthday (in 1975). The gown is made from a specially woven brocade trimmed in white tulle, and her ensemble is completed by the Coronet, Garter Sash and emblems, shawl, Handbag, and jewellery that The Queen Mother is wearing in the Parkinson Portrait.
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21st September 2023
Important Announcement
My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.
Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.
We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.
This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work. After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support. Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.
In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.
I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered. Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.
As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.
My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can. In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.
From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).
My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support
Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)
Christine Poulten
25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021
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