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And because others might be interested.

They think they have recovered part of Sandy Irvine's body on Everest. Not his camera though. So the mystery endures. Did Irvine and Mallory make it to the summit in the 1920s or not? One could argue -- not only must you make it to the summit but you must make it safely down like Hillary and Norgay did in 1953. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/11/everest-body-sandy-irvine-found-rewrite-history-hillary/ or https://archive.ph/F3U5p

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michelle, several news outlets keep mentioning catherine's new elegant yet understated sapphire and diamond eternity band which she has been wearing since returning back to public life. i thought on one hand it was lovely that she received diana's engagement ring for her engagement ring all those years ago, but i also have to wonder what kind of a burden it must be at the same time, to be a walking public museum of sorts while wearing it. it's SO associated with diana, even after all these years of will and catherine's marriage, that i'd think there would come a point where while it's so iconic, it becomes an albatross for the person that inherits it. its also a huge ring, and i can only imagine it must be pretty unwieldy to wear. (i'll be it must knock and catch on everything as well as fall to the side of the finger because of the weight...) because catherine hasn't been seen wearing her engagement ring since her cancer treatments ended for public events, i would suspect that its with all the other royal jewels for safekeeping and perhaps future formal events. however, the royals (british and others) have re-worked & re-fashioned jewelry suites, tiaras, crowns and other jewels for eons. my question: do you think they had diana's engagement ring made into the eternity band??? it would be a way of keeping the symbolism but also creating something more in line with kate's style and lifestyle for this next stage of her life. i would think it would have certainly been large enough to make an eternity band with, too. would they dare? would the public "allow" it, even though when it comes down to it it's not up to them??

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