Queen of Mean: King's great grandmother, Mary of Teck, recycled flowers from her vases for friends

The Windsors are famously careful with money. But Queen Mary of Teck, consort of George V, would even recycle flowers from her vases as gifts when she visited her friends.

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A Grandmother's Gems: Queen Mary's Bejeweled Bequests to Queen

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