Which is your favourite stone?

All of them. It depends of my mood. When I look at them, it's the one I look at.

At that moment. Yeah, yeah. That's why I did this brooch, which is one side emeralds, one side

sapphire, and with an enormous aquamarine in the middle.

Because I look, I put my hand on one side, and I see the aquamarine and sapphire, and that's my favourite.

And then I do the emerald and aquaure.

I say, no, that's now my favourite.

And I can't make up my mind.

I'm Carol Horton, the voice of jewellery.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm an author and broadcaster and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor at magazines like Tatler and 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 join me as I tell sparkly tales and meet all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewelry culture,

and investigate what's happening now.

Music and investigate what's happening now. I am delighted to be in New York this morning,

and I'm at home with Prince Dmitri of Yugoslavia,

who once said, from the moment I was born,

I was surrounded by fantastic jewels.

He studied at the Gemological Institute of America,

was Senior Vice President of Jewelry at Sotheby's Auction House,

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