In a previously aired episode of the BBC show that was repeated on Sunday, the roadshow visited one of the grandest, historic houses in Wales, Powis Castle. Expert Geoffrey Munn was tasked with evaluating three beautiful brooches – two diamond, and one diamond and ruby brooch.
The expert noted how they dazzled in the sunlight and added: "They look absolutely wonderful. Shall we unpick them? The one on the left here is a very sweet little bow. The bow is not simply a bow. It's a true lovers knot because the harder it is pulled, the tighter it becomes. And then the diamonds are forever so the little subliminal message for your wedding was perfectly well chosen.
“They might even have gone down the back of a woman of very high rank and huge wealth," he explained. "The important point about the signalling of rank is that people simply didn’t recognise the sovereign or the attendants because there was no photography and precious few portraits so when they entered the room there had to be an enormous display of sumptuary."
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