About the Coronation Jewelry of Queen Caroline

Queen Caroline (consort of George II) wore on the occasion of her coronation, not only the pearl necklace of Queen Anne, "but she had on her head and shoulders all the pearls and necklaces she could borrow from the ladies of quality at one end of the town, and on her petticoat all the diamonds she could hire of the Jews and jewellers at the other quarters. So" (adds Lord Hervey, from whom the details are taken), "the appearance and the truth of her finery was a mixture of magnificence and meanness, not unlike the eclat of royalty in many other particulars, when it comes to be nicely considered, and its source traced to what money hires and flattery lends."