This episode is brought to you by Philly Gemstones.

I think people want a show, but not one which is about money and extraordinary expense and over-grandizement,

but just things of beauty. I think nobody's going to argue that beauty should be a significant part of this event.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewellery, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of Jewelry editor at magazines like Tattler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize

they like jewelry, and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales meeting all sorts of people delving into

four centuries of jewellery culture and investigate what's happening now.

Welcome to if jewels could talk. I am very delighted this morning that we have the world's most

renowned fashion journalist with us, the great Susie Menkees, whose knowledge about fashion as

well as jewelry, with her decades of experience, makes her the perfect person for us to talk about royal jewels, not least, because

Susie, as well as being a prolific journalist, is the author of several books on fashion and

jewellery and the definitive book called The Royal Jewels, which we'll talk about a little later.

And she has 700,000 followers on her

Instagram account. And as Stephen Jones, the milliner says, Susie is fashion. She is the benchmark

by which all others are judged. Few come close in authority experience judgment and hairdo.

For her renowned hair role is a sort of

fearsome sight for many fashion designers over the years. Once they see that, they know they're

going to be judged with great intellectual rigor and written about. So, Susie, thank you very

much for joining us today. I love this introduction,

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