Jewellery of Today's British Royalty
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Her Majesty's Many Brooches
Like Lady Diana, Camilla has been loaned certain items from the Queen. If they previously belonged to one of the members of the Royal family, it is on loan from the Queen.
Queen Mary of Teck, the queen of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions and the Empress of India, during the reign of her husband King George V (1910-1936), developed a great passion for collecting objects of art, jewels and jewelry, and other objects with a royal provenance, such as porcelain, cameos, royal seals, Faberge animals and eggs, jeweled fans, gold boxes encrusted with jewels etc. She is credited with transforming the British Royal Family's jewel collection, both the crown jewels and the personal jewelry collection, into one of the greatest jewelry collections in the world. Among the notable jewelry collections she acquired were the Romanov jewels, that once belonged to Russia's Dowager Empress Marie Feodrovna, mother of Czar Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, and sister of England's Queen Alexandra, and jewels belonging to Grand Duchess Maria Vladimir Alexandrovich, the aunt of Czar Nicholas II. The Queen became famous for superbly bejeweling herself for formal occasions, and her crowning moment of glory came when she was hailed as the most spectacular royal guest at the wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm's daughter in 1913, which she attended heavily bedecked with jewelry. She also owned some spectacular pieces of pearl jewelry, that included the famous Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara.
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| Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
 The necklace has nine large oblong aquamarines each in diamond scroll settings with an even longer oblong aquamarine pendent drop.  The stones are perfectly matched - it took a year to collect them from mines across Brazil. They are set in diamond and platinum.  The Queen has since had the pendant drop reset in a more ornate diamond cluster which is now detachable from the necklace.  | BRAZILIAN AQUAMARINE SUITE [Info from "The Queen's Jewels" by Leslie Field and other sources] In 1953, the Queen was given a coronation gift from the President and people of Brazil. The gift included a necklace and matching pendant earrings of aquamarine and diamonds. They were made by Mappin &Webb in Rio de Janiero.  The bracelet and matching brooch were presented to The Queen by the Brazilian Government in 1958 as a matching addition to the original Coronation gift of 1953. The brooch matched the original setting of the pendant, a single large square aquamarine in a simple diamond setting.  BRAZILIAN AQUAMARINE BRACELET  In 1958, the Brazilian government added to their original gift with a bracelet of seven oblong aquamarines set in clusters of small diamonds which can be seen above. |  The simple setting of the aquamarine pendant drop on the necklace given to the Queen was also accompanied by earrings of the same shape.  In the photo below, the queentoned down the piece - seen here at a banquet in India in 1983 - by replacing the pendant with a smaller stone.  In 1957, the Queen was so delighted with the jewels that she had a simple tiara made to wear with the jewels. The nation continues to supplement the Queen’s aquamarine collection, including providing stones for a tiara she had adapted in 1971. | |
 THE KENSINGTON BROOCH In July 1893 The Committee of the Kensington wedding gift fund representing the inhabitants of Kensington visited Princess May of Teck’s home at White Lodge, Richmond, and presented her with this bow shaped diamond brooch with a large oriental pearl drop.  She wore the brooch at King Edward VII’s coronation in 1902 and at her own coronation in 1911 as an appropriate symbol of her childhood at Kensington Palace. The brooch is now with the current Queen.  |  AQUAMARINE CLIPS An eighteenth birthday present to Princess Elizabeth from her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1944. These clips are a personal favorite and seen frequently on the queen.  Done in the clip style popularized by Cartier, they are an Art Deco arrangement of aquamarines and diamonds. Though they are often called the Aquamarine Cartier Clips (they are identified as such in Leslie Field’s The Queen’s Jewels, where the connection is drawn to Louis Cartier’s adaptation of wooden clothes pins), according to the Royal Collection they were made by Boucheron.  | WILLIAMSON DIAMOND BROOCH The central diamond of 23.6 carats is the finest pink diamond in existence. It was excavated from a mine in Tanganyika (Tanzania) belonging to the Canadian geologist Dr John Williamson, who gave it as a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth in 1947.  It was cut by Briefel and Lemer of London in 1948 and set in the centre of a new brooch designed by Frederick Mew of Cartier in 1952.  | |
 CAMBRIDGE EMERALD EARRINGS One of Queen Mary’s Cambridge emeralds was matched by Garrards, who also supplied the 22 brilliant-cut diamonds at a total cost of £350.  The earrings, first worn for the Delhi Durbar, were inherited by The Queen in 1953.  [<a class="external" href="http://www.gettyimages.com/event/the-queen-and-senior-royals-attend-the-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-day-two-593762269?et=187AW1_-R5lxOSafeHa3yQ&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fqueensjewelvault.blogspot.com%2F2015%2F11%2Fmalta-visit-day-2-chogm-dinner.html%3Fm%3D1#-picture-id498960714" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Getty Images</a>] The Cambridge Emeralds originated from Queen Elizabeth's great-grandmother, Princess Mary-Adelaide, the Duchess of Teck. The Duchess was the mother of Queen Mary, consort of George V. At her birth, Princess Mary-Adelaide,was a granddaughter of King George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Sterlitz. As such, Princess Mary-Adelaide was an extended member of the Royal family through her father the Prince Adolphus (1801-1850), the youngest surviving child of the King and Queen. | THE CAMBRIDGE EMERALD COLLECTION OF QUEEN MARY  THE DELHI DURBAR NECKLACE The necklace was presented to Queen Mary by the Maharanee of Patiala on behalf of the Ladies of India to mark the first visit to India by a British Queen-Empress.  At Queen Mary’s suggestion, it was designed to match her other emerald jewellery created for the Delhi Durbar.  In 1912 Garrards slightly altered the necklace, making the existing emerald pendant detachable and adding a second detachable diamond pendant. This is an 8.8 carat marquise diamond known as Cullinan VII, one of the nine numbered stones cut from the Cullinan Diamond. The necklace was inherited by The Queen in 1953. |  The Royal Collection © 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II CAMBRIDGE EMERALD BRACELET   The bracelet, made for Queen Mary to wear at the Delhi Durbar, incorporates three of the Cambridge emeralds and is en suite with the necklace.  | |
KING GEORGE VI SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND SUITE Purchased by King George VI from Carrington & Co and given to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present in 1947.  The necklace originally consisted of eighteen emerald-cut sapphires in diamond clusters. In 1952, it was shortened by four stones, the largest of which was converted into a pendant to the necklace in 1959. A hook was put on the center stone to accommodate.  The pendant now also has a pin fitting for wearing as a brooch. A tiara and bracelet (below) was made to go with the suite.  Later on, a bracelet and ring was added as well.  Her Majesty still wears the suite frequently. | THE QUEEN ANNE AND QUEEN CAROLINE PEARL NECKLACES These necklaces, of forty-six (Queen Anne) and fifty (Queen Caroline) pearls, weighing 1,045gr. and 1,429.20gr. respectively, are always worn together.  They were given by the King and Queen to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present in 1947.  The association with Queen Anne and Queen Caroline is first noted in the Garrards inventory of 1896.  The Queen wore the pearls on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee Celebration in 2012.  | THE DUCHESS OF TECK PEARL EARRINGS These earrings, which originally belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776-1857); daughter of King George III of Great Britain.  The earrings were bequeathed to her niece, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck.  The Duchess gave them to her daughter, Princess Mary.The drops [seen above on the Duchess] were sometimes worn as pendants on a fine chain by Queen Mary when Princess of Wales.  Both the studs and pearls were bequeathed [with replacement brilliant tops] by Queen Mary to her granddaughter, the current Queen, in 1953.  They were given to Princess Elizabeth on 31 January 1947, the day of her departure with her parents and sister, by ship, for their State Visit to South Africa. The Princess wore them on her wedding day 20 November 1947, and they have been worn in several important photos of the Queen. | |
RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE The three large flat-cut rubies set in brilliant-cut diamond clusters were probably first made as a pair of earrings and a pendant and were later adapted to form the centrepiece of the necklace. Formerly in the Baring collection, the necklace was acquired by The Queen in 1964.  | THE TECK PEARL BROOCH Originally owned by Queen Mary's mother, the Duchess of Teck, was given to the Queen. [for more info see Queen Mary's section below]  | DIAMOND FRINGE NECKLACE A wedding present to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 from the Lord Mayor of London and the Court of Aldermen, the Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the Stock Exchange, the Chairman of Lloyds, the Chairman of the Baltic Exchange and the Committee of London Clearing Banks. The necklace, which is of similar design to the Russian-style ‘Kokoshnik’ Tiara/Necklace, is threaded on silk.  | |
THE SHEIKH PEARLS FROM BAHRAIN The pearls used to create these earrings were a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 from the Sheikh of Bahrain. The diamonds used in the earrings use a variety of modern cuts.  The Pearls have been lent out to two of the Senior Princesses.  HRH The Countess of Wessex wore them first before the Duchess of Cambridge was seen wearing them.  |  THE GODMAN EMERALD AND DIAMOND NECKLACE  The exquisitely crafted emerald and diamond encrusted Godman Necklace, which is part of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's personal jewelery collection, was a gift by the two elderly Godman sisters to her majesty the Queen. The name"Godman Necklace" reflects the name of the original owners of the necklace. The two sisters who remained unmarried and were spinsters inherited the necklace from their father Frederick Du Cann, a British naturalist, who purchased the necklace whilst on a holiday in Bavaria in the 1890s. The necklace was thought to be owned previously by the Empress Josephine of France, the Empress Consort and first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.  [Source: <a href="https://www.popsugar.com/fashion/photo-gallery/42077612/image/42077645/Godman-Necklace-Queen-Victoria-emerald-fringe-earrings" target="_self">Popsugar</a>] | THE RUBY BOUCHERON BANDEAU The necklace was ordered by The Hon Mrs Ronald Greville from Boucheron in Paris on 24 October 1907. It was among the splendid jewels bequeathed by Mrs Greville to Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mum) in 1942.The necklace was given to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present in 1947.  The Queen wore the necklace early on in her marriage and her reign. It was usually paired with Ruby Earrings.  Elizabeth's shoulders are very slim.The necklace was subsequently shortened by the removal of two of the smallest flower clusters.  | |
BAHRAIN PEARLS CONT.  The earrings were worn quite a deal more when HM was in her early years as Queen. She wore them as recently as 2014 to the Royal Festival of Remembrance at Albert Hall in London.  Another loan went out to HRH The Duchess of Cambridge on Remembrance Sunday in 2016.  [Source: <a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fashion/Kate-Middleton-Wears-Queen-Earrings-Aug-2018-45211686" target="_self">PopSugar</a>] The Duchess was then seen wearing the earrings on the way to Balmoral in August 2018. |  THE SHEIKH RUBIES This ornate ruby-and-diamond collar is among the Queen’s more modern jewels, having been presented to her as a gift from Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, during a state visit to Britain in 1985.  | CONT'D  The tiara was lent out to the Duchess of Cambridge in a surprise return to the public. She paired the necklace with the ever so fitting Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara.  In a surprise return, Her Majesty showed up to the 2018 London Day celebrations wearing the necklace again--paired with the Girls of Great Britain tiara and Queen Mary's ruby earrings.  | |
 The Queen rarely wears gold, preferring silver or platinum for her everyday jewels, so this gold and emerald necklace is something of a curiosity in the royal collection.It’s a pared-down look, more akin to costume jewellery than royal regalia, worn to a film premiere in London in 2004 - and paired with matching emerald drop earrings in a pretty bow shape.The provenance of the 18-stone chain is unknown, and Her Majesty isn’t known to have worn it before or since, suggesting it may have been a gift not quite to her taste. [Source: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3639928/A-glittering-wedding-gift-missing-link-King-Canute-blue-beauties-Brazil-beautiful-priceless-Queen-s-glorious-necklaces-fascinating-stories-tell.html" target="_self">The Daily Mail</a>] |   | EMERALDS AND GOLD (left column and below)  The Emerald Tassel Parure - a matching set of earrings, a necklace, bracelet and a ring - was given to the Queen by a wealthy foreign monarch.The donor is thought to be Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, as pieces of the set were worn at a dinner he attended at Claridge’s Hotel in 1989.  This less formal necklace has made several outings without a tiara - such as this royal gala in Cardiff in 2004. She prefers to wear the chain with its matching earrings and a green dress. The jewels were also seen at a State Dinner for President Obama and First Lady Michelle upon a visit to the UK. |  HM Queen Elizabeth wearing a diamond and sapphire suite, thought to be a gift from the UAE. Above: HM hosts a state banquet at Buckingham Palace for King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at the start of his State Visit to the United Kingdom on October 30, 2007.  It consists of a triple tassel and clover like earrings. There is also a bracelet which is not pictured.  |
| THE NIZAM ROSE BROOCHES Originally a tiara/necklace (see above), the piece was a gift to Her Majesty for her marriage to Prince Philip.  Nizam of Hyderabad Parure is a important Diamond-Necklace and Tiara. However, this wonderful tiara does not exist anymore.  The tiara was, together with a necklace given to HM The Queen by the Nizam of Hyberabad as a wedding present. Made by Cartier, it was later broken up to be used in new setting, in the Burmese Ruby Rose Tiara, made by Court jeweller Garrard.  When the Nizam Tiara was broken up, it was made into Rose Brooches for the Queen to wear. Queen Elizabeth wears it now as brooches. The large one as a single one, the smaller as a pair.  | THE KENT DEMI-PARURE The Kent demi-parure is one of the oldest collections of jewellry in the royal family. It consists of a necklace, three brooches, earrings, and a pair of hair combs.  The parure was owned by Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. The portrait above shows the Duchess wearing the brooch upon her bodice. The brooch consists of a hexagonal-cut amethyst surrounded by diamond sunrays and three smaller amethyst hanging pendants. Victoria inherited the collection upon her mother's death in 1861. In 1901, Victoria left the amethysts to the crown in her will.  [The Queen wears the Amethyst brooch] The Queen Mother wore it a few times, but the suite eventually passed to Queen Elizabeth. She wore the parure upon her venture to Portugal in 1984. The pendant which hangs from the necklace is the same as the earrings while the middle stone is surrounded by two diamond and amethysts exactly the same as the brooch. [Source: Field, 'The Queen's Jewels,' 1987] | KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA NECKLACE The necklace is a fringe necklace in design and is set with brilliant and baguette diamonds. Made by Harry Winston, King Faisal bought the necklace and presented it to HM on a state visit to the United Kingdom in 1967.  The Queen wore this necklace when King Faisal gave a banquet in honour of Elizabeth in the Dorchester hotel before his departure. The Queen loaned this necklace to Diana, Princess of Wales during a state visit to Australia in 1983. After not being seen for quite a while, HRH The Countess of Wessex [Sophie] was loaned the necklace to wear at the dinner gala after the Luxembourg wedding of Countess Stephanie of Lannoy and the Grand Duke Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg on 20 October 2012.  | |
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMONDS The South African Government: gave Her Majesty a necklace set with 21 diamonds of the finest quality.  The Queen refers to the set as 'my best diamonds.'  In 2010, the Queen wore them on her return to South Africa. It was a nice gesture to the South African people who had once been under the control of the Crown. | THE DIAMOND FESTOON NECKLACE In 1950, King George VI had a diamond necklace created for his daughter Princess Elizabeth using 105 loose collets that were among the crown heirlooms that he inherited. These collets, according to Hugh Roberts, had been used by Queen Mary to change the lengths of her multiple diamond collet necklaces, hence their loose status in the collection.  The end result is this take on a triple strand necklace: three strands of graduated collets suspended between two diamond triangles, with a single collet strand at the back. This is also called simply the Queen’s Festoon Necklace, however, some refer to it as 'The George VI Festoon Diamond Necklace'.  [<a href="https://me.popsugar.com/fashion/photo-gallery/42661414/image/42661408/Festoon-Necklace" target="_self">Getty: Tim Graham</a>] | DIAMOND AND PLATINUM NECKLACE A wedding present from the Nizam of Hyderabad to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, the necklace was remodelled from an earlier Cartier piece.  The double drop pendant, which incorporates 13 emerald-cut diamonds, is detachable from the chain of 38 brilliant-cut open-back collets.  Below, the Duchess of Cambridge was loaned the necklace in 2014.  | |
THE QUEEN'S JAPANESE PEARL CHOKER The Queen had this four-row choker made from the Pearls in her collection that she received from the Japanese Government. She wore them during the 80s and 90s. The large, conical, diamond-studded clasp is deep enough to add yet another two rows of pearls, if she desires.  In 1982, the Queen loaned the necklace to the Princess of Wales to wear at a banquet at Hampton Court Palace.  The Duchess of Cambridge was seen wearing the necklace on 21 November 2017 at the celebrations for the Queen and Philip's 70th Wedding Anniversary at Windsor Castle. [Source: <a class="external" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5101469/amp/William-Harry-join-Kate-Queen-s-70th-anniversary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DailyMail</a>] | THE QUEEN'S PEAR SHAPED DIAMONDS These are a pair of modern, gold-set diamond stud earrings with large pear-shaped dropped diamonds. The pear shaped diamonds weigh circa 12 carats. The pendant stones are made from family stones. These earrings are sometimes mistaken as the 'Coronation Earrings' or the 'Greville Earrings'.  The Queen loaned the Diamonds to Diana more than a few times for special occasions.  Diana wore the earrings in 1983 while on tour with her husband in Australia and New Zealand. The earrings are somewhat obscure as they are not worn by anyone lately; not even the top royals like the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duchess of Cambridge, or the Countess of Wessex. | KING KHALID DIAMOND NECKLACE  This piece was given to the Queen in 1972 when she visited Saudi Arabia.  There are 20 pear shaped diamonds, all set in platinum.  The necklace is made by Harry Winston and is worth 1.2 million pounds.  In 2018, Queen Elizabeth II brought the necklace out of the vault for a quick appearance, prior to hosting a private dinner in honour of the diamond jubilee of the Aga Khan as Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslim Community. [Source: <a class="external" href="http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/thread/1520556022.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RJOTW</a>]  The necklace was loaned out to Princess Diana at least twice on her outings as Princess of Wales [see her section for more info]. | |
| THE JARDINE DIAMOND STAR BROOCH  It features 8 diamond rays separated by a single collet which fan out from a central cluster of a large diamond 8 smaller stones.  Leslie Field in The Queen's Jewels:
 The Queen has worn it several times through out the Diamond Jubilee year of 2012. |  RASHID OF DUBAI SAPPHIRE SUITE  This sapphire suite of earrings and a loop necklace was a gift from Sheik Rashid of Dubai, on a visit in February 1979.  | LESSER STARS OF AFRICA – Cullinan III and IV (“Granny’s Chips”)  For her diamond jubilee celebration at St. Paul's the queen broke out the Cullinan brooch.   (For the full description of the Cullinans, see below under Queen Mary)  | |
VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE NECKLACE The famous Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Necklace: 26 large Pearls and more than 300 brilliant cut diamonds are setting in this royal necklace as a gift of the people of Canada, to mark the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.  A similar necklace was made for Princess Alexandra of Kent CLICK HERE (Misc Section - PAGE 2) | DUBAI SUITE CONT'D The original set included a necklace of diamond loops with alternating loops surrounding large oval sapphires, plus a pair of earrings and a ring (which looks large enough to be a brooch instead) each with a large oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds. It came from Asprey and was set in gold.  The demi-parure was so impressive the Queen "exclaimed in amazement" when she saw it, according to Leslie Field. Impressive as it was, the Queen did end up making some slight changes. The necklace was shortened and two spare sapphire loops were made into a new pair of earrings. The original earrings and ring were made into a bracelet. The modified set is by no means a favorite, but has had a few notable outings, including an official portrait for Canada | THE CAMBRIDGE PEARL BROOCH  From Queen Alexandra's Collection  | |
 THE SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND BRACELET An eighteenth birthday present to Princess Elizabeth from her father King George VI in 1944. | ENGAGEMENT RING OF ELIZABETH  This ring was given to Princess Elizabeth as a token of Prince Philip's love. He had dismantled one of his mother's old tiaras to make this ring. The engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten R.N was officially announced on July 9, 1947. |  Sapphire, diamond, emerald, amethyst and ruby brooch by Cartier, London. Given by the Duke of York (the future King George VI) to the Duchess of York (the future Queen Elizabeth, later The Queen Mother) in 1928 and to Princess Elizabeth by her parents as a birthday present during the Second World War. | |
 THE FLOWER BASKET BROOCH A present to Princess Elizabeth from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to mark the birth of her first child and their first grandchild, Prince Charles on 14 November 1948. It is reported to be her favorite.  The Queen, when still Princess Elizabeth, wore this brooch when photographed by Cecil Beaton with her first child, Prince Charles, in December 1948. | DIAMOND WEDDING BRACELET  c. 1947  The bracelet is set with old brilliants taken from a tiara that had belonged to Princess Andrew of Greece, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was designed and made for Prince Philip by the London jeweller Philip Antrobus (of 6 Old Bond St.) as a wedding present for Princess Elizabeth. | CARTIER FLOWER BROOCH Pink and blue sapphire, diamond and ruby brooch made by Cartier, London.  Given to Princess Elizabeth by her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1945. | |
DIAMOND CHANDELIER EARRINGS  These earrings wear only recently worn by Her Majesty at the Opening of Parliament in 2012.  The Duchess of Cambridge has worn them more than a few times now. They seem to be in the Duchess's normal rotation now.  | WEDDING BRACELET CONTINUED  The Duchess of Cambridge wore the bracelet on her left wrist to a State Banquet when the Chinese President came to visit in 2014.  The Duchess wore it again to another Diplomatic event on 8 December 2016. This time with the Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara. Coincidentally, she wore the same dress as she did in 2014 to the event. Below, the Duchess wears the bracelet to the 2017 BAFTAs.  The Queen seems to have lent this to the Duchess on a permanent loan as it keeps reappearing on the Duchess at events. It suits her style and fits her well, as it did when Her Majesty was younger. |  ANDAMOOKA OPAL  Here, Queen Elizabeth II can be seen wearing the Andamooka Opal, which she was presented by the South Australian government during her post-Coronation tour of 1953-54. [Source: <a href="https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/jewellery/cleopatra-to-queen-elizabeth-ii-opals-are-a-cut-above-the-re/11569/" target="_self">Barnabys</a>]  The Queen hasn't worn the necklace since her early reign and we're not sure what happened to it. It's most likely in the vault with the other jewels. | |
SILVER JUBILEE PEARL EARRINGS  Queen Elizabeth II has several pairs of discreet diamond-and-pearl earrings that she wears in the daytime. However, for the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977, she donned earrings with a distinctly larger drop pearl. After that, they seemed to drop off the royal jewelry radar!  Then, in 2012, Sophie, Countess of Wessex wore them to a royal wedding in Luxembourg, then at more public events.  In 2016, Kate borrowed them for two trips abroad, first in Canada, above, then in the Netherlands. [Source: <a href="https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/12017102424578/kate-middleton-borrowed-jewelry-queen-elizabeth/9" target="_self">HELLO! US</a>] | FERN BROOCH  The iconic silver fern of New Zealand was transformed into a platinum-and-diamond brooch and given to Queen Elizabeth II by the women of Auckland during her first visit to New Zealand in 1953. The brooch is frequently worn by the Queen on Kiwi-related events, including a rugby event in London in 2008, as well as in official portraits.  It was pinned to the Duchess of Cambridge's coat dress when she arrived in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, in 2014. She wore the pin at least twice during the trip.  [Source: <a href="https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/12017102424578/kate-middleton-borrowed-jewelry-queen-elizabeth/11/" target="_self">HELLO! US</a>] |  DIAMOND AND PEARL LEAF BROOCH  The brooch features a trio of pearls in a pave-set leaf. A close up of the brooch shows that the back may be made of yellow gold. There isn't much background information on the piece. In the photo above, HM wears the brooch in 1999 in Seoul, Korea, where she attended a concert.  The Duchess of Cambridge wore the piece on her visit to Belgium in 2017. [Source: <a href="https://ca.hellomagazine.com/royalty/02017080237735/kate-middleton-queen-elizabeth-jewelry/6/" target="_self">HELLO! Canada</a>] | |
QUEEN MARY CHOKER BRACELET  Queen Mary originally wore a choker that was made of diamonds.  When it was passed down to Queen Elizabeth II, she decided to turn the choker into bracelets.  The Duchess of Cambridge has been seen wearing these bracelets.  She wore one of the bracelets here in 2016 at a dinner. And then she wore the other bracelet back in 2011 to the Chinese Dinner.  The bracelets haven't been worn by the Queen that we know of. There are no photos of her wearing them. |  QUEEN MARY DIAMOND COLLET NECKLACES  Thanks to Queen Mary, Her Majesty has two different collect diamond necklaces.  The one worn above was worn by HM during the opening ceremony of the Olympics in London in 2012.  In December 2017, the Duchess of Cambridge was seen wearing one of the diamond collet necklaces to a Diplomatic event.  The necklaces can easily have diamonds removed from the necklace making it shorter, but... we are not sure which one was worn, but just the fact that she was seen wearing such a sparkler was a surprise for us royal watchers. | QUEEN MOTHER DIAMOND QUATREFOIL BRACELET  The wide diamond bracelet features multiple diamond quatrefoil motifs, the four-lobed design popular in architecture, art, heraldry, and elsewhere.Each quatrefoil outline is filled with five individual diamonds.  The quatrefoil-motif bracelet was worn by the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; it may have been another treasure from the Greville bequest. It then went to The Queen, along with the rest of The Queen Mother's jewels on her death in 2002.  Her Majesty wore the bracelet to the opening of Parliament in 2010.  The Duchess of Cambridge debuted the bracelet at the Anna Freud Centre Gala Dinner in 2017. [Sources: <a href="https://people.com/royals/the-queen-loaned-kate-middleton-another-diamond-bracelet-and-we-couldnt-be-more-jealous/" target="_self">People</a>Magazine & <a class="external" href="http://queensjewelvault.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-diamond-quatrefoil-bracelet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Her Majesty's Jewel Vault</a>] | |
 THE QUEEN'S GARTER BADGE  Originally made for George IV, the badge was given as a wedding present to Prince Albert from Queen Victoria who wore it after his death.  | INSIGNIA OF HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II  THE QUEEN'S GARTER STAR  Originally a present to King George VI on his marriage, it was given to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 by her father at the time of her investiture with the Order of the Garter.  [Example of the Garter Star close up] In each of the surrounding photos, the Queen is also wearing the Garter Star along with her cameo insignia. |  THE QUEEN'S CAMEO AND ENAMEL GARTER BADGE  The Queen wears this badge as an alternative to the diamond cameo badge which was made for George IV.  |
Her Majesty's Many Brooches
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| Lady Diana Spencer, former Princess of Wales |
The personal jewels of Lady Diana are noted as such. If the jewels were not loaned to her by the Queen, they are the property of Lady Diana. After her death, they were either sold or put away for her children, Prince William and Prince Harry to inherit.
ENGAGEMENT RING OF MISS MEGHAN MARKLE Prince Harry and girlfriend, Meghan Markle, announced their engagement on 27 November 2017. The ring was made by the Crown Jewelers, Cleave and Co. The two side stones had belonged to Harry's late mother, Princess Diana (d.1997). The main diamond came from Botswana, Africa, a place dear to both their hearts.  Rumor had it that Harry had insisted on keeping his mother's engagement ring for his future bride. But when his brother William became engaged first, Harry decided it was only fair that William use the ring to purpose to his now wife, [Catherine], The Duchess of Cambridge. The story behind these two is similar to that of King Edward VIII and the woman he abdicated for, Wallis Simpson--later The Duchess of Windsor.  Like Simpson, Meghan Markle is an American divorcee. Wallis was born into Baltimore's Aristocratic Society as Bessie Wallis Warfield. She and the Prince came into contact while she was still married to her second husband, Ernest. Ernest was a member of London's Society which included the Prince of Wales. After a few years of mutual gatherings, the Prince of Wales fell in love with the outspoken American. He wanted nothing more than to marry her, but the rules of the monarchy forbid him to marry a divorcee (an the American tag was no doubt used against her as well). Edward abdicated for love and the two married--they were given the title of Duke and Duchess of Windsor. They would be exiled and their reputation soiled by those who were jealous and just plain ruthless. The Queen Mum never forgave them, but the Duke's mother finally forgave him with a gift of pearls to the Duchess. Despite accounts of the Royals relationship with the two, they were supported by the rest of the Duke's siblings. With Wallis, she chose a large emerald and diamonds engagement ring which is featured within the jewels pages. It looked somewhat like what Princess Diana picked out as her engagement ring. No one is sure what happened to Wallis's ring after her death. A lot of her jewels were sold at auction. [More Info:<a class="external" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-ae-wallis-simpson-20110422-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 'Why We're Still Intrigued By Wallis Simpson--the Duchess from Baltimore'</a>] | PRINCESS DIANA'S SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING THE RING
 Prince Charles initially proposed without an engagement ring. The Daily Mail reported that the first ring Prince Charles gave his intended bride was a diamond eternity ring. A year later, in February of 1981, Diana chose the ring that would become her engagement ring. The couple had been dining with the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor when the Royal jewellers, Garrard, set up a display from which she picked the sapphire and diamond ring.  Dianaselected a large £40,000 ring consisting of 14 diamonds surroundinga sapphire, similar to her mother'sengagement ring.At the time, Diana’schoice caused a scandal.Some people criticised her forpicking a pret-a-porterring, instead of having onecustom-made.The sapphire and diamonds were set in white gold. Because Diana's wedding band was gold (a royal welsh tradition), the ring appeared to be set in gold. It was not until the engagement of William and Kate that better pictures revealed the actual color.  1996 was the year Charles and Diana's divorce was finalized. Diana continued to wear the rings after the separation in respect for her two sons. On September 7th, Diana appeared at a film opening in a fitted Versace dress with her nails painted red. The rings were gone! | DIANA'S ENGAGEMENT RING CONTINUED... From 'The Divided Prince' p.230 by Christopher Andersen, Vanity Fair 20th Anniversary Issue pp.221-252, September 2003" ...Four months after the funeral, it was Burrell who opened the black front door to Kensington Palace and welcomed the boys for one last walk through the apartments they had shared with their mother. William shook Burrell's hand, but "Harry ran across and hugged me," the butler recalled. "He knew my heart was breaking as much as theirs." Then, as a tearful Harry held on tight to Burrell, they walked from room to room, picking out mementos to take with them to their new rooms at St. James's Palace. Among other things, William chose the Cartier Tank watch that the Princess always wore - a gift from her father, the eighth Earl Spencer. Harry picked out the sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring given by Charles to the blushing "Shy Di" when she was just 19."   Catherine 'Kate' Middleton on her engagement to Prince William received the ring. After receiving the ring, she altered the ring to better suit her style and finger size.Middleton asked the Crown jewellers, G Collins and Sons, to attach small platinum beads inside the bottom of the ring to change the size from I to H, which is said to be one notch up from her own finger width.  The ring was purchased for $40,000 in 1981, it is now estimated to be worth $430,000(£300,000)  If you look at the Duchess of Cambridge's left hand you find three rings on her ring finger. Her engagement ring, her wedding ring, and an infinity ring. The traditional Welsh gold wedding ring was started by the Duke's great-grandparents, the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In 1923, the royal ring was fashioned from a gift of Clogau gold with enough left over for the weddings of The Queen in 1947 as well as those of the late Princess Margaret, the Princess Royal (Princess Anne) and the 1981 marriage of Prince Charles and Diana. [Source: <a class="external" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13196514" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC News</a>] As for the third ring, Catherine was given a diamond eternity band in 2014. It's a classical diamond band. |
COLLINGWOOD DIAMOND GIRANDOLE EARRINGS AND DIAMOND NECKLACE  The diamond earrings and necklace were on loan from Collingwood jewelers, which were the jewelers favored by theSpencer Family ever sinceLady Dianawas a girl. The jewelries were borrowed for the official engagement photographs taken byLord Snowdonat Highgrove House. Collingwood had wanted to give this set toDianaas a wedding present but it was deemed inappropriate by Palace officials.  Collingwood did presentDianawithdiamond and pearl earrings. The necklace and earrings were sold by an Iranian jeweler in Dusseldorf, Genio Hakimi, who claimed they wereSpencerheirlooms that had been sold to pay for the wedding.  |  THE SAUDI SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND SET This pendant was part of a suite of sapphire jewelry Diana received as a wedding present from the Saudi Arabian royal family.  Made by Asprey, the set consisted of an enormous Burmese sapphire pendant set in a jagged sun-ray fringe of baguette diamonds and hung on a thin diamond necklace; a matching pair of earrings and ring; a two-row bracelet of brilliant-cut diamonds with a smaller version of the sapphire pendant as a centrepiece; and a wristwatch, the face set in the same diamond sunray fringe and the strap consisting of seven oval sapphires set in clusters of diamonds...." Diana wearing the bracelet on a velvet choker with velcro as a necklace. Diana wore these jewels frequently before her death in 1997 as well. [The earrings are not from the suite] |  SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND EARRINGS The Duchess of Cambridge already wears her late mother-in-law's sapphire and diamond engagement ring, and now, the Duchess has received more jewels from Diana's collection. Prince William, 29, has given his 29-year-old bride a pair of Diana's favorite earrings, also made of sapphire and diamonds. These earrings are a single sapphire surrounded by 10 brilliant diamonds.  "Now that they're married, William wanted her to have some of his mother's favorite pieces," an insider tells The Daily Mail.  [Source: <a class="external" href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2011/07/06/kate-middleton-princess-diana-earrings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hollywood Life</a>] Ever the fashionista, the Duchess opted to give the earrings a modern twist by having the studs remodeled into drop earrings.  Believed to be her most prized set of jewels, Diana wore them quite frequently before her death in 1997. |
BUTTERFLY EARRINGS These earrings worn by the late Princess were gold and diamond butterfly shaped earrings. She wore them on a tour to Canada in 1986.  Upon the meeting of the Australian Governor General at the Taronga Zoo in Australia, the Duchess of Sussex was seen sporting the earrings!  I think it's safe to say that these will be cherished by Meghan. GOLD BRACELET Another piece of jewellery that showed up was a bracelet that Diana used to wear. Another gold piece of jewellery.  Here is Diana sporting the bracelet at a casual outing in 1994.  The Duchess wore the bracelet on the same occasion to pair with the butterfly earrings at the Zoo. The trip was to Sydney where they later ended up at the Opera House later that night. The pieces look fabulous on the Duchess and Harry is probably ecstatic that he has many jewels to choose from to give to his wife! | THE CAMBRIDGE ART-DECO CHOKER Part of the Cambridge Emerald Collection  Originally made with sixteen of the Cambridge Emeralds as part of the Delhi Durbar Parure, matching the necklace and bracelet, it was re-modeled for Queen Mary in the 1920s using the same emeralds and brilliant-cut diamonds, but set in platinum in the Art Deco style.  The Cambridge Emerald Choker, the Lover's Knot Tiara and some other valuable pieces of jewelry were given as gifts to Princess Diana at the time of her marriage to Prince Charles.  Princess Diana initially wore the Cambridge Emerald Choker for the purpose it was designed for, but later she wore the choker as a bandeau across her forehead, as she was seen doing at a charity event in Melbourne, Australia, in 1984, and again in 1988 at a formal event also in Australia, at which she appeared dressed in a dark green gown.  Full description of the Cambridge collection in Elizabeth II's section and the history of the emeralds is in Queen Mary's section. | PRINCE OF WALES FEATHER PENDANT (a copy is now worn by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall)  The only diamond necklace that the Princess of Wales owned was the solid chain of brilliant-cut diamonds set in gold that part of the sapphire and diamond suite she received as a wedding gift from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (see above picture of Sapphire Necklace and Earrings)  Its large sapphire pendant is detachable and the Princess also wore the chain with the diamond Prince of Wales Feathers' Pendant that Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother gave her just after her engagement was announced. This oval pendant, which has a detachable emerald drop, had been a wedding gift to Princess Alexandra of Denmark from the 'Ladies of Bristol' when she married the future King Edward VII in 1863...  For an explanation of the pendants of the Princess of Wales; did Camilla get Diana's jewels..see the jewels of HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.  Diana added the cabochon emerald drop to her diamond Prince of Wales Feather Pendant, recalling the style of Princess Alexandra.  |
OMAN SUITE: DIAMOND EARRINGS, DIAMOND NECKLACE, DIAMOND BRACELET This crescent-shaped diamond earrings were given to Diana by the Sultan of Oman during the royal couple's visit to Oman in November 1986. (Dressing Diana p.99, Tim Graham and Tamsin Blanchard). The suite consists of a diamond the necklace and earrings seen in this photo and a diamond bracelet. | SIX-ROW PEARL CHOKER WITH A LARGE OVAL STONE SURROUNDED BY DIAMONDS Princess Diana at the Victoria and Albert Museum, shortly after her marriage to Prince Charles, wears a Bellville Sassoon dress to an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Diana was very fond of Pearls. She would wear multiple strands at once. Here The Princess is wearing a Pearl Choker with an Opal center piece. | SPENCER DIAMOND EARRINGS These are the diamond earrings that Diana wore on her wedding day on July 29th 1981 for her marriage to Prince Charles. The earrings belonged to her mother, Frances Shand-Kydd. She lent them to Diana so she could wear them on her wedding day as 'something borrowed.'  |
SEVEN-STRAND DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE PEARL CHOKER "The seven-strand pearl choker that stunned the world." The large sapphire with two rows of diamonds surrounding it was originally a brooch, given to the Princess by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother as a wedding gift. The Princess wore it as a brooch on two occasions, but decided to have it altered to be the center piece of a pearl choker.  | THE SWAN LAKE SUITE  The Princess wore this necklace to the royal gala performance of the ballet Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall in London in June 1997.  The necklace was created by Garrards in the spring of 1997 with Diana's "knowledge and assistance" and included five of the Princess's favourite jewels - South Sea pearls. She wore the necklace to the gala performance before returning it to the jewellers for the accompanying pearl and diamond earrings to be completed. Her untimely death prevented her purchase of the suite. | CHANEL BUTTON EARRINGS Diana's 'Costume' Jewellery  Chanel Ad feat. the Earrings Diana wore.  |
PEAR SHAPED DIAMOND AND AQUAMARINE EARRINGS This pear-shaped aquamarine is surrounded by diamonds and hangs from a diamond flower cluster.    |  GARRARD CROSS  The huge cross suspended from this long strand of pearls was a loan from Garrard's. The cross is made of gold and amethyst stones. Diana wore this to a Charity Gala on behalf of Birthright At Garrard, 1987.  |  EMERALD CUT AQUAMARINE RING  Upon the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, Harry decided to give his new Duchess a piece of jewellery from his mother's extensive collection of jewels.  Upon their departure from Frogmore, the new Duchess was seen wearing an aquamarine ring that looked familiar to some royal watchers. It was indeed this ring that Diana was seen wearing.  |
RUBY AND DIAMOND TASSEL NECKLACE Similar to the set made for the Duchess of Windsor (page 2)  | SAPPHIRE TEARDROP EARRINGS | DOUBLE CLUSTER AMETHYST AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, EARRINGS, AND BRACELET The mystery Amethyst Suite has never been identified. She did like to wear the earrings more than the other parts of the suite. An official photograph exists with her wearing the suite. The Amethysts, if they remain, would look lovely on either the Duchess of Cambridge or the Duchess of Sussex.  [Chicago, 1996] |
 ELEVEN STRAND PEARL CHOKER with diamond and ruby spacers  | GRADUATED DIAMOND FLOWER CLUSTER NECKLACE  |  KING KHALID SAUDI NECKLACE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II This necklace was made by Harry Winston. The Queen loaned it to the Princess on at least three occasions during 1982 and 1983 (The Queen's Jewels p.57, Leslie Field). Diana wears it with the diamond and pearl drop earrings, a wedding present from the Emir of Qatar. |
SPENCER DIAMOND AND PEARL DROP NECKLACE "...Every single diamond is detachable and a bracelet can be made from part of it. Hanging from the necklace are 3 pearls in diamond mounts and drops from a pair of diamond earrings..." 'Diana: A Celebration' Souvenir booklet pg. 16  | TRIPLE-STRAND PEARL CHOKER  "...It consisted of three rows with a turquoise and pearl cluster clasp, the clasp showing when it matched the colour of her outfit, hidden at the back when it did not. She has now altered the clasp to be all pearls..." The Queen's Jewels p.99, Leslie Field, 1987  |  DIAMOND AND SOUTH SEA PEARL EARRINGS  |
  Princess Diana wore pearls to a gala performance at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, in November of 1993.  | GOLD HOOP EARRINGS Diana wore this pair for a photo shoot photographer Patrick Demarchelier.  |  Princess Diana was photographed in New York City in January, 1995. Diana is wearing a Catherine Walker gown and a multi-strand pearl choker with a large sapphire (brooch) at its midpoint.  Princess Diana wearing a long strand of pearls, knotted and flowing down the open back of her crushed velvet evening gown. This picture of Princess Diana was taken at the London premiere of Back To The Future in December, 1985. |
COLLINGWOOD PEARL EARRINGS The pearl earrings were a wedding gift from Collingwood jewelers. The late Princess wore them at day and evening functions.  The earrings showed up on the Duchess of Cambridge the night of the Spanish State Banquet in 2017.  She has now worn them frequently with many outfits.  |
| HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall |
Like Lady Diana, Camilla has been loaned certain items from the Queen. If they previously belonged to one of the members of the Royal family, it is on loan from the Queen.
 THE GREVILLE COLLARPreviously owned by The Late Queen Mother, The Duchess now wears the necklace along with the Queen Mother's Boucherin Tiara. The necklace and tiara were loaned to Camilla by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. The necklace can be scaled down to just 2 rows or 3, depending on how much 'bling' the Duchess wants to wear. (FULL DESCRIPTION WITH MORE PHOTOS IN THE JEWELS OF QUEEN MOTHER, BELOW) | SERPENT AND DIAMOND NECKLACE The Delhi Durbar tiara, loaned to Camilla by Her Majesty. |  Three row pearl choker with an aquamarine brooch attached in the middle(above); pearl dangling earrings. This fashion started in Edwardian times, was revamped by her predecessor, Princess Diana. See below for the five strand choker with pink topaz. |
 SAUDI RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACEWorn at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 2007. The necklace appears to have over 100 carats of colorless diamonds and over 37 oval-mixed cut, presumably Burmese rubies. This necklace could easily go for almost 3 million dollars. Rubies are said to be Camilla's favorite stone.  |  SAUDI EMERALD SUITE  3 demi-purares were collected by The Duchess of Cornwall on her March 2006 trip to Saudi Arabia with The Prince of Wales. The final purare was finally debuted in June 2009, at a Royal Gala Performance of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. It was emerald. This set's centerpiece is an emerald and diamond necklace of a simple design, square emeralds in diamond frames strung in a row. A matching pair of earrings in this set uses single square emeralds in diamond frames as pendants, and a matching bracelet features a row of small emeralds surrounded by diamonds. [Source: <a class="external" href="http://queensjewelvault.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-duchess-of-cornwalls-saudi-emerald.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Her Majesty's Jewel Vault</a>] |  The set of pink topaz and diamonds (originally a brooch, now the choker’s centerpiece, with matching earrings) is Edwardian and was purchased at auction at Sotheby’s in the year 2000.  |
 DAISIES AND YELLOW GOLD NECKLACE |  Unknown set |  Diamond necklace and earrings. |
 SAUDI RUBIES The rubies are thought to have been a gift from the Saudi Arabian King Abdullah. The necklace has matching earrings and a bracelet. The gifted jewels are not to be passed down to Camilla's family members. They will go into the royal collection and will be worn by subsequent royals. |  DIAMOND COLLET CORONATION NECKLACE/DIAMOND BRACELET The Duchess of Cornwall wearing The Queen Mother's jewels.  These items were loaned to Camilla by Her Majesty, the Queen. (FOR FULL DESCRIPTION AND MORE PHOTOS, SEE JEWELS OF THE QUEEN MOTHER, ELIZABETH BELOW) |  PRINCE OF WALES FEATHER BROOCH When Diana was married to Charles, she wore this brooch, for an explanation on the discrepancies between whether or not Camilla got Diana's pin, see below; It is known as the Ladies of North Wales Brooch - it is worn by the current Princess of Wales - Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. The diamond-set brooch was a wedding gift from the Ladies of North Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The Prince of Wales feathers is encircled by 18 diamonds and 36 emeralds with a hanging emerald pendant. The feathers emerge from a coronet with a band of 6 emeralds and a ruby. A ribbon is engraved with the motto of the Prince of Wales "Ich dien"--"I serve". The Ladies of North Wales brooch was inherited by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother who wore the brooch to the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969. Diana wore this piece as a pendant on a necklace (see above). |
ENGAGEMENT RING OF CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL The platinum and diamond engagement ring given to Camilla by the Prince of Wales belonged to Charles's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. It was not the Queen Mother’s wedding or engagement ring but one of many rings in her collection. Clarence House confirmed only that the ring was a precious royal heirloom. But a courtier said: “It was the Queen Mother’s. No doubt about it.” The Times reported that the 1930s art deco ring, which has been reset to fit Camilla, was a favourite of the Queen Mother. At the time it was given to Camilla, it was valued around £100,000. It has been speculated that it may be part of the Greville inheritance, a gift to the future Queen Mother from the society hostess Mrs Ronald Greville at whose home, Polesden Lacey in Surrey the Queen Mother spent her honeymoon (as the then Duchess of York) Dame Margaret Greville, the heiress to the McEwen brewing family and a close friend of Queen Mary, left most of her collection to the Queen Mother. Most of her jewels were set in platinum, reflecting the taste of the Queen Mother and the style of the period. The choice of a ring owned by the Queen Mother is a little surprising, as it has been repeated broadcast that the Queen Mother deeply disapproved of Mrs Parker Bowles and opposed her grandson’s remarrying. And in addition Charles and Camilla spent their honeymoon at Birkhall, the Queen Mother's former on the Queen’s Balmoral estate which she willed to Prince Charles. | LADIES OF NORTH WALES LEEK DIAMOND AND EMERALD PIN Additionally, on the occasion of her marriage, Princess Alexandra was given by the Ladies of North Wales a large emerald and diamond oval brooch with an emerald and diamond leek in the centre and cabochon emerald drop, along with matching earrings which is now worn by the Duchess on occasion.  The leek is the national symbol of Wales and the legend is in Welsh. It translates "To our Princess." | Mystery behind "Did Camilla get Diana's pin?" or for that matter ANY of her jewels..... In regards to the Princess of Wales brooches worn by both Diana and Camilla. Leslie Field's information is that there are 2 brooches, one was made and gifted to Queen Alexandra when she was Princess of Wales. When Alexandra became Queen and her daughter-in-law Mary of Teck became Princess of Wales, Alexandra had an identical copy made of her brooch to give to Mary. Diana received Alexandra's brooch to wear and Camilla received Mary's brooch to wear. Technically, the brooch was never Diana's, nor is it Camilla's. These jewels belong to the monarch. They wouldn't be private items owned by the current Prince of Wales. The monarch then would be the person who lent these brooches (and other PoW brooches, Alexandra was given several, Camilla has worn some of the other brooches as well) to both Camilla and Diana. There is not a high likelihood that the Queen would have given Camilla a brooch that had been worn by Diana, just like the fact that Camilla has never been seen wearing the Cambridge tiara, as that was lent to Diana. This increases the probability that there are 2 separate brooches. This could all change though once or if she becomes Queen consort. Camilla does not have a large treasure trove of jewellery, she has her own private jewellery and then there's what the Queen loans her. It's the Queen who owns all of the Queen Mother jewellery (to save on having to pay inheritance tax) and she's the one who lends it to Camilla to wear. Prince Charles does not own his grandmother's jewellery. |
| Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother |
CORONATION DIAMOND COLLET NECKLACE (1937) A Coronation present from King George VI to Queen Elizabeth. This necklace is comprised of forty brilliant-cut diamonds.  The Queen Mother with her grandson, Prince Charles of Wales.  Pinned to the middle of Elizabeth's dress is the Sunburst Diamond Brooch of Queen Alexandra. | GREVILLE CHANDELIER DIAMOND EARRINGS c. 1918 and 1922 These earrings, which are designed to show the greatest possible variety of modern cuts of diamond including half moon, trapeze, square, pear, baguette and emerald, were among the magnificent jewels bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville to Queen Elizabeth in 1942. Mrs Greville ordered the earrings from Cartier in December 1918 and in September 1922 Cartier supplied the King with six drops. The earrings were given from the Queen Mother to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding in 1947.  | VICTORIA'S JUBILEE DIAMONDS (For full description see Page 2 under Queen Victoria) The Queen Mother wore Victoria's collection during her Coronation in 1937 along with the Necklace that was made especially for her.  (ABOVE) The Queen Mother wearing one of her favorite tiaras, the Oriental Circlet  |
| ALEXANDRA'S PEARLS Full description in Queen Alexandra's section on PAGE 2.  Also wearing the Fringe Tiara.  In October of 2018, the Duchess of Cambridge was seen wearing Alexandra's Pearls to a formal occasion, along with the Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara.  | THE GREVILLE COLLIER Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used the 5 row necklace when King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid was in Great Britain on state visit 1951.  The 3 Strand Version Greville Collier  The Full Greville Collier | QUEEN MOTHER DIAMOND EARRINGS Shown here is a pair of Diamond Flower Earrings that the Queen Mother was very fond of. She is also wearing a brooch from past Queen Consorts.  The earrings were passed to the current Queen who was just recently seen wearing them in 2009 on a trip to Tobago.  |
 QUEEN VICTORIA'S RUBY SUITE  |  QUEEN MOTHER PEARLS Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.  Dangling from the center strand is most likely one of the detachable Emerald Tear Drops from The Cambridge Emerald Collection. This fashion of adding detachable gems was introduced by Queen Consort Alexandra during her reign. |  The Queen Mother and one of her many brooches.  |
 "CANADA DAY" DIAMOND LEAF BROOCH  The brooch was given to the late monarch, Queen consort Elizabeth, by the people of Canada in 1939.  It was passed down to HM queen Elizabeth II, who wore it herself as well on her first royal visit to Canada. The brooch is encrusted with glittering diamonds.  The leaf was loaned to The Duchess of Cornwall.  And it was loaned again to The Duchess of Cambridge on her visit to Canada in 2011. | THE TECK NECKLACE/TIARA Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was mother to Queen Mary. She is the first to be seen wearing the necklace.  Princess Mary wore the necklace on her gown in this photo. It looks like she pinned the circlet. I cannot find a photo of Queen Mary wearing it. It seems that she passed it to the next Duchess of Teck, below.  The next Duchess of Teck, Lady Margaret Grosvernor, was the next to been seen wearing the necklace. She was the daughter-in-law of Princess Mary Adelaide. Margaret married Prince Adolphus. Due to the affiliation with Germany, the title of Duke of Teck was abandoned for the title of Marquess of Cambridge during the first World War.  The necklace was then given to the Duchess of York; daughter-in-law of Queen Mary and later Queen Mum). As Queen Mary was still alive, the Duchess would not receive the premiere jewels. Those would pass directly to her daughter, Princess Elizabeth of York (later Queen). CONTINUED BELOW | QUEEN MOTHER DIAMOND DROP EARRINGS  Bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth, later The Queen Mother.  The Greville Peardrop Earrings Cartier, New York and London, 1938. Diamonds and platinum. In 1942, Mrs Ronald Greville (1863–1942) bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth her spectacular collection of over sixty pieces of jewellery.  These earrings were made for the Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, the well-known society hostess and friend of the Royal Family. On her death in 1942, she bequeathed her magnificent jewellery, much of it by Cartier, to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother(1900-2002).  Instead of wearing the Jubilee diamond earrings along with the diamond necklace, HM went with her mother's Grenville diamond earrings at the Turkish Banquet. She is also seen wearing Queen Victoria's diamond fringe brooch. |
THE QUEEN MUM CHANDELIER EARRINGS  Duchess of Cambridge wore the Queen Mum Chandelier Earrings once again on 10 November 2018 to a public event. [Source: <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/1042977/kate-middleton-news-jewellery-dress-meghan-markle-the-queen-latest-jenny-packham?utm_source=traffic.outbrain&utm_medium=traffic.outbrain&utm_term=traffic.outbrain&utm_content=traffic.outbrain&utm_campaign=traffic.outbrain" target="_self">Express</a>]  [Source: <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/style/celebrity-fashion/kate-middleton-royal-jewellery-collection-3138109" target="_self">Mirror</a>]  The earrings were given to the Queen Mum originally and now belong to the Queen.  [Source: <a class="external" href="http://hrhduchesskate.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-duchess-dazzles-in-papyrus-tiara.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HRH Duchess Kate Blog</a>]  The earrings feature pear shaped diamonds supported by thin strands of diamonds. There are no photos of the Queen Mum wearing the earrings out in public. The Queen has not worn the earrings. | TECK CIRCLET CONT.  The Duchess of York wore the necklace more often as a tiara than a necklace. There is a photo circulating online with her wearing it as a necklace, however.   The necklace/tiara was never worn by Queen Elizabeth II.  Instead, it was given to her sister, Princess Margaret. Margaret wore the piece as a necklace. I have yet to find a photo of her wearing it as a tiara.  As Princess, Margaret was also short ended when her sister became Queen. Several pieces had to be bought for her to wear. This piece was give to her by her mother, the Queen Mum.  Margaret died in 2002. The necklace is thought to still be in the possession of Margaret's children. I would like to think that the necklace will eventually go back to Her Majesty's Collection. | QUEEN MUM SAPPHIRE CHANDELIER EARRINGS Seen frequently on the Queen Mum. These earrings have now been sported by the Duchess of Cambridge.  The Duchess wore the earrings for a gala at the V&A in 2015. It is said that they once belonged to Queen Mary but further sources are needed for that. The Queen never wore them in public after she inherited them from her mother in 2002. |
| Mary of Teck, Queen consort of George V |
Queen Mary of Teck, the queen of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions and the Empress of India, during the reign of her husband King George V (1910-1936), developed a great passion for collecting objects of art, jewels and jewelry, and other objects with a royal provenance, such as porcelain, cameos, royal seals, Faberge animals and eggs, jeweled fans, gold boxes encrusted with jewels etc. She is credited with transforming the British Royal Family's jewel collection, both the crown jewels and the personal jewelry collection, into one of the greatest jewelry collections in the world. Among the notable jewelry collections she acquired were the Romanov jewels, that once belonged to Russia's Dowager Empress Marie Feodrovna, mother of Czar Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, and sister of England's Queen Alexandra, and jewels belonging to Grand Duchess Maria Vladimir Alexandrovich, the aunt of Czar Nicholas II. The Queen became famous for superbly bejeweling herself for formal occasions, and her crowning moment of glory came when she was hailed as the most spectacular royal guest at the wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm's daughter in 1913, which she attended heavily bedecked with jewelry. She also owned some spectacular pieces of pearl jewelry, that included the famous Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara.
QUEEN MARY DIAMOND STOMACHER  The stomacher is formed as three linked brooches which can be worn separately. Made for Queen Mary in 1920 with diamonds from two of her wedding presents: the ‘Kapurthala’ stomacher and the ‘Town of Swansea’ crescent, both given in 1893.  Queen Mary is pictured above wearing the stomacher during the visit of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium in 1922.  Given by Queen Mary to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding in 1947.The stomacher can be broken up and used as individual brooches as shown below.  |  QUEEN MARY'S RUSSIAN BROOCH This brooch was a wedding gift from her mother-in-laws sister, Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark) and The Tsar Alexander III of Russia.  It can be worn horizontal or vertical.  The brooch has a large square cut diamond with a square sapphire, set in a scroll frame with diamonds. The Queen Mum wore the brooch on occasion.  It was then given to Queen Elizabeth after the death of Queen Mary in 1953. | THE CULLINAN DIAMONDS I TO IV Worn by Queen Mary during her reign, they are now part of Queen Elizabeth's Personal Collection.  The Cullinan Diamonds I to IV The Cullinanis hanging from her necklace above. Below, Queen Mary wears it as a brooch below her rows of diamond necklaces.  More info: <a class="external" href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/summer-opening-of-buckingham-palace-diamonds-a-jubilee-celebration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cullinan Diamonds</a>  Queen Elizabeth (above) wearing the two as brooches. |
THE TECK EMERALD AND DIAMOND BROOCH Originally used as separate and detachable parts of a stomacher made for the Duchess of Teck in the early 1890s.  The Duchess of Teck, Princess Mary, mother of Queen Mary wears the stomacher above.  Queen Mary joined the two elements (comprising two of the Cambridge Emeralds) into a brooch which she wore pinned below the Delhi Durbar Stomacher. The two Cullinan's can be seen attached to the stomacher.  The Brooch is now part of The Royal Collection of HRH Elizabeth II Jewels. | THE AMETHYST COLLECTION OF QUEEN MARY  Queen Mary won the amethysts at a charity auction and had them set into the parure you see in the photo. *(The picture of the full purare is a re-creation through photo shop of what the collection might have looked like before it was sold off)*  Evidently, she only wore the parure once and then gave it to The Queen Mother as a gift.  The Queen Mother never wore it and auctioned the parure after The Queen declined it for the royal collection.  The necklace is now property of Vogue's Editor Anna Wintour. Anna is a descendant of Lady Elizabeth Foster, the Duchess of Devonshire who married the 5th Duke, the former husband of Lady Georgiana Spencer. |  THE CULLINAN IV BROOCH The unusual heart-shaped stone of 18.8 carats, given by the Government of South Africa to Queen Mary in 1910, is one of the nine numbered Cullinan diamonds. In its diamond and platinum setting, it was designed both as a brooch and as the detachable centre of the emerald and diamond stomacher made for the Delhi Durbar in 1911. For the 1937 coronation, Queen Mary used this brooch in her coronet in the place of the Koh-i-Nûr, which had been transferred to Queen Elizabeth’s crown. It was bequeathed to The Queen by Queen Mary in 1953.  Two of the Cullinan's are attached to Queen Mary's Delhi Durbar Tiara. The Cullinan VI and VIII are pinned onto the middle of her dress. THE CULLINAN VI AND VIII  The marquise pendant of 11.5 carats, Cullinan VI, purchased by King Edward VII from Asschers, was set by Queen Alexandra on her regal circlet. It is now suspended from Cullinan VIII, an emerald-cut stone of 6.8 carats given to Queen Mary in 1910 by the South African Government. Like the Cullinan V, the Cullinan VIII brooch, was also designed to be used in the Delhi Durbar stomacher. The brooch was inherited by The current Queen in 1953. |
CAMBRIDGE EMERALD AND DIAMOND BROOCH The brooch incorporates two of the Cambridge Emeralds, one a gold-set cushion-shaped stone, the other a detachable pear-shaped pendant. The brooch could also be fitted into the Delhi Durbar stomacher. When so used by Queen Mary, the two emeralds were separated by the Cullinan VIII brooch.  | DIAMOND FRINGE NECKLACE from Queen Victoria; Given to Queen Mary as a wedding present in 1893.  THE DIAMOND AIGRETTE CHOKER The giver of the important diamond choker worn in the photographs is not known. It is an all diamond choker displaying amatory trophies of arrows and quivers.  Queen Mary is also wearing the Jubilee necklace and wedding pin of Queen Victoria. | DIAMOND AND SILVER-GILT AMETHYST AND DIAMOND BROOCH OF KING GEORGE IV Siberian amethyst, diamonds; gold collet mount, framed by open scroll-shaped mounts in silver set with smaller brilliants, interspersed with eight larger cushion-cut diamonds, silver-gilt open back and brooch pin.Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (?); by whom bequeathed to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge(?); by whom bequeathed to Queen Mary(?) Intaglio bust of George IV (1762-1830) in profile to the right. He is bare headed and wears classical drapery around his shoulders. Signed in reverse below drapery: R . B & R . F t ., (for the Royal goldsmiths, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell from 1797 to 1840). This brooch is not recorded in any royal inventories and thus its provenance remains uncertain. However, it may be identifiable with the ‘large Amethyst set with diamonds with George the Fourth’s head engraved upon it’ bequeathed by Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, in 1857. It may therefore have entered the Royal Collection through Queen Mary, who was the granddaughter of the Duchess of Cambridge. |
Queen Mary's Emerald Cross Obverse: cross formed of seven emeralds in varying shaped table-cuts and box settings. Along the side panels is a frieze in black enamel with a stylised leaf pattern. The cross is inserted into a white enamel frame with opaque blue, translucent green scrollwork and strapwork and a translucent red enamel rosette. With integrated white enamel suspension loop and three pearl pendants. Reverse: gold backplate with rounded cross ends, outlined in translucent green enamel with foliage and red rosettes. Two rampant heraldic lions face one another in the oval-shaped cross end. Remnants of a hinge on the backplate indicate that it originally opened, possibly revealing compartments for relics. The surrounding edge of the frame was adapted to fit the backplate. This cross is a marriage of three earlier elements which may have been assembled in the nineteenth century or later. Whereas the ornamental decoration and enamel colours of the frame are late sixteenth century, the backplate with its symmetrical ornament with crossed lines in combination with birds, rosettes and lions is typical of the early eighteenth century. The stylised frieze along the sides of the inserted emerald cross lacks any distinctive features and the settings of the emeralds merely imitate the Renaissance type; this element may therefore be a nineteenth century addition. It was possibly at that time that the cross was assembled into its current form. | The 'Ladies of Devonshire' Earrings c.1893  Purchased by the Ladies of Devonshire, headed by Lady Clinton, as a wedding present for Princess May of Teck (later Queen Mary) and made to match a pearl and diamond necklace presented by the ‘Ladies of England’.  The earrings were a wedding present from Queen Mary to Princess Elizabeth in 1947. The Queen wears them quite frequently.  | The Emerald and Diamond Brooch  Presented to Queen Mary at the Delhi Durbar by the Ladies of India and inherited by Queen Elizabeth in 1953.  The large hexagonal emerald, in a gold and silver setting encircled by brilliant-cut diamonds, is carved with a rose on the front and a plant on the back. |
Diamond Jewels |Queen Mary Marriage Presents Wedding jewels reflect the taste and style of the time and often the preferences of the groom, but May of Teck was an jewel victim and and she had her own taste. Although most antique wedding jewelry has been dismantled and remade, select pieces have survived. |  In 1893, the Duke and Duchess of Teck had given the three 1850 turquoise brooches, a tiara, a necklace and earrings to their daughter, as a wedding present. These six pieces are now part of the Gloucester parure and over the years another drop necklace was added. Princess May's parents gave her in addition to the turquoise pieces a brooch, necklace, pendant, sprays for the hair, earrings and breast-pin. Above in the picture we see the original version of the tiara worn by the Queen consisting of turquoise and diamonds arranged as rococo scrolls and a sunburst. Later Queen Mary found the composition too high, and it was lowered by E. Wolff & Co. in August 1912.  The three brooches [one can be seen above] had originally been a confirmation present in December 1850 to Queen Mary. Queen Mary wore the 3 brooches arranged as a stomacher pinned at the corsage.  The Tiara was later a wedding gift to her daughter-in-law Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. The collection is now with the current Duchess.  Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester  | THE CAMBRIDGE EMERALDS | HISTORY The story of the Cambridge Emeralds goes back to the early 19th century, when King George III's seventh son Adolphus, the Duke of Cambridge got married to Princess Augusta of Hesse, in 1818. The newly wedded couple visited Germany for their honeymoon, and happened to visit Frankfurt, where coincidentally a lottery was being held to raise funds for a charitable cause. Prince Adolphus and Princess Augusta purchased a lottery ticket, with a view of helping a worthy cause, but to their utter amazement it so happened that the Princess became the lucky winner of the prize box of 40 large emeralds, that was offered as the top prize of the lottery. The lucky couple reached England after the honeymoon, and the Princess then went about getting her newly acquired emeralds set in different pieces of jewelry such as necklaces, earrings, pendants etc. and After the death of Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Cambridge, the emerald-studded pieces of jewelry and any unset emeralds were inherited by her youngest daughter, Princess Mary Adelaide, the Duchess of Teck, who is said to have incorporated some emeralds into a stomacher that she had previously bought from Garrards. Francis who inherited all the emeralds gave them to his mistress, and he died suddenly at the age of 40. Following his death, Queen Mary sent an emissary to Francis' mistress, with a strong warning note and demanded the return of the emeralds. She obliged, and the emeralds, originally owned by the Duchess of Cambridge, thus came into Queen Mary's possession. The collection of emeralds came to be known as the Cambridge Emeralds. Thus, besides the Cambridge emeralds, Queen Mary also had a wide range of diamonds of different sizes, cuts and shapes, from which she could choose, in preparing a set of jewelry for her coronation on June 22, 1911, and for her proclamation as Empress of India, at a Durbar to be held on December 12, 1911.  It was finally left to the artisans of Garrard & Co, the Crown Jewelers, to employ their skills and experience gained over the years, in fashioning one of the most exquisite suite of jewelry ever created in the history of the British Monarchy, that came to be known as the Cambridge and Delhi Dunbar Parure. |
| THE DUCHESS OF TECK DIAMOND COLLET NECKLACE Seen here is the many rows of diamond necklaces that Queen Mary would wear.  The long diamond collet necklace [longest one worn here] was inherited from her mother, the Duchess of Teck.  | QUEEN MARY'S PENDANT EARRINGS  These earrings were converted by Queen Mary from a pendant necklace. Each has an oval pearl suspended from a collet diamond hanging in an ornate frame of scroll design, set with diamonds.  | QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S DIAMOND COLLIER RESILLE Queen Mary...in 1947 is wearing Queen Alexandra's Diamond Collier Résille Made by Cartier in 1904.  (FULL DESCRIPTION IN ALEXANDRA'S JEWEL COLLECTION) |
Rose of York Brooch  1893 Gold, enamel, diamond 2.8 x 1.7x1 This brooch originally formed the centrepiece of a bracelet. At the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) in 1893 each bridesmaid received one as a present from the bridegroom, whose emblems are integral to the design. The diamond anchor recalls Prince George’s naval career and the white flower is a Rose of York, highlighting his recent creation as Duke of York. |  Pair of Gold and Diamond Bangles, late 19th century A wedding present to Queen Mary in 1893 from the Bombay Presidency, and from Queen Mary to Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth II) in 1947.  |  AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND PENDANT Designed as a marquise-cut diamond drop within a graduated double border of old-cut diamonds to the scroll surmount, circa 1870, 4.6 cm. high. This pendant was given to H.M. Queen Mary by her husband H.M. King George V as a birthday present on 26th May 1918. This pendant was part of the collection of HRH Princess Margaret (her granddaughter) and was sold in an auction at Christie's in London, 2006. |
COUNTY OF CORNWALL DIAMOND AND RUBY ROSE BRACELET The County of Cornwall gave the bride, when she married the Duke of York in 1893, a ruby and diamond bracelet incorporating a detachable centrepiece in the shape of a rose.  She was given a number of jewels in the shape of the Rose of York, in honour of her new title.  She wrote a letter to Lady St Germans, about the ruby diamond gold-cuff bracelet: "When you came to bring me the present from the people of Cornwall I felt quite unable to express the deep gratitude I felt at receiving the very beautiful ruby and diamond bracelet. II ask you kindly to convey to them my warmest and utmost grateful thanks for the very lovely gift from Cornwall...believe me, yours very sincerely MAY."  In 1898 Queen Mary, at this time Duchess of York, wore the diamond and ruby centerpiece as a brooch on her collar.  She gave this ruby and diamond gold cuff bracelet as a wedding gift to her granddaughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II. | RUSSIAN SAPPHIRE PEARL NECKLACE of MARIE FEODOROVNA The Empress Marie Feodorovna, Queen Alexandra’s younger sister had one of the most valuable collections of jewellery. Interspaced in this 4 row choker of 164 pearls, are 20 diamond studded vertical bars, between every two pearls at the front and then between every three pearls at the back. The necklace is made to convert into two bracelets. The octagonal clasp is a large sapphire surrounded by two rows of diamonds. Marie wore the choker with the sapphire at the back, as seen in this picture above. Following her death in exile in Denmark in 1928, after the Russian revolution, her jewels were sold in England by Hennell & Son.  Queen Mary bought the necklace in 1931.  The Queen inherited it upon the death of Queen Mary in 1953.  The necklace is not worn on a regular basis but it has been worn by HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal (only daughter of Elizabeth II) as seen in this picture. | CARTIER PEARL NECKLACE Est. $1,500,000-2,000,000 Provenance: The Collection of HRH Queen Mary, gifted to her beloved son the Duke of Windsor The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, Sotheby’s Geneva, April 2, 1987, lot 65.  The single-strand natural pearl and diamond necklace is a signature piece of Cartier's of Paris, designed and executed by the company for Queen Mary of Teck, during the reign of her husband King George V, from 1910 to 1936. The necklace is composed of 28 natural pearls ranging in size from approximately 9.2 mm to 16.8 mm. The length of the necklace is 14 inches, which under the modern system of classification of necklaces, adopted by Mikimoto, based on their length, falls under a "choker."  The Duchess of Windsor pearl and diamond necklace was also part of her valuable pearl jewelry collection, which she later gave to her eldest son Edward, who ascended the throne of the United Kingdom as Edward VIII. This single-strand natural pearl and diamond necklace was a gift from Queen Mary. It is said that it was a final gesture of reconciliation to her beloved son and his wife whom she never knew. The pearls were bought by the Klein family when they went up for auction in the 60s along with other jewels of the Duchess of Windsor.  The Duchess of Windsor wearing the pearl necklace given to her by her mother-in-law. |
| THE ROSE OF YORK One of the gifts from Prince George, the bridegroom, was a diamond rose brooch in the style of the "Rose of York".  As well, the present of the West Yorkshire Regiment was a diamond rose brooch, designed and executed by the Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company. The brooch given by the West Yorkshire Regiment was later presented to the Queen Mother as a wedding present upon her marriage to the Duke of York and - later passed to Princess Margaret and was described in the auction of her jewels: AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND ROSE OF YORK BROOCH Naturalistically modelled, the overlapping cinquefoil petals set with cushion-shaped and rose-cut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, circa 1860, wide 3.9 cm, price £42,000 ($77,280) Princess Mary wore the rose-brooch of Prince George on her arm as a bracelet. |  The Queen’s collection of diamond bracelets includes a set of two matching bracelets composed of chain links between diamond plaques which came from Queen Mary’s stash. Mary bought the first from Garrard in 1932, and then had a matching one made three years later to hold a 9.75 carat diamond from the Premier Mines given to her during a visit to South Africa.  The bracelets were made to join together to create a choker. They are nearly identical, one having a larger plaque for the South African diamond. The Queen inherited the bracelets from her grandmother in 1953, and she wears them regularly – though she does not use them in choker fashion. She generally wears only one, typically on her right wrist while her left holds an evening watch. | |
 PEARL STOMACHER  | THE DIAMOND SAUTOIR NECKLACE A very long diamond necklace that Queen Mary often wore, features large diamonds, separated by smaller ones.  The necklace can barely be seen in this photo which also features the Teck collet diamond necklace. |  |
THE LINCOLN BROOCH The County of Lincoln gave Princess May a brooch upon her marriage in 1893. A special tiara was made just to have the brooch be able to be inserted. The tiara was worn by Queen Mary, but it doesn't seem that any photographs exist of her wearing the tiara with the brooch actually in the tiara. The brooch and tiara showed up for the marriage of Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle and she was the first to be seen wearing it in almost a century. | ||
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Includes Queen Alexandra, Queen Victoria, The Duchess of Windsor, and other nobility.
Includes Queen Alexandra, Queen Victoria, The Duchess of Windsor, and other nobility.
Sources
Some jewels already have the source in the box, for others:
Alexander Palace Time Machine Forums
<a class="external" href="http://www.christies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christie's of London</a> ONLINE
[[1]] by Hans Nadelhoffer
CNN
Forbes.com
Internet Stones website
Mandy's British Royalty Blog: British Jewels
The Official Royal Collection website
"The Royal Jewels" -REVISED- by Suzy Menkes
"The Queen's Jewels" by Leslie Field
The Royal Magazine website
The Royal Forums
Yahoo! News
<a class="external" href="http://www.dianasjewels.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana's Jewels.net</a>
Some jewels already have the source in the box, for others:
Alexander Palace Time Machine Forums
<a class="external" href="http://www.christies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christie's of London</a> ONLINE
[[1]] by Hans Nadelhoffer
CNN
Forbes.com
Internet Stones website
Mandy's British Royalty Blog: British Jewels
The Official Royal Collection website
"The Royal Jewels" -REVISED- by Suzy Menkes
"The Queen's Jewels" by Leslie Field
The Royal Magazine website
The Royal Forums
Yahoo! News
<a class="external" href="http://www.dianasjewels.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana's Jewels.net</a>