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 queen toned 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’sThe 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.
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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.
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 asCullinan VII, one of the nine numbered stones cut from theCullinan Diamond. The necklace was inherited byThe Queenin 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]
| CITY OF LONDON 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. | 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. The Duchess was then seen wearing the earrings on the way to Balmoral in August 2018. | THE SHEIKHRUBIES 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. Above, the Queen also wears one of two Ears of Wheat brooches in her hair that belonged to Queen Victoria. | 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.
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The Queen rarely wears gold. She prefers silver and platinum for her everyday events. So this parure is somewhat of a mystery for royal watchers. She wore this to a film premiere in London in 2004. The provenance is unknown. It is an 18 stone chain with matching earrings. She has not worn them since the event which might mean that she did not care for the jewels; wherever they came from. | EMERALDS AND GOLD The Emerald Tassel Parure: matching set of earrings, a necklace, bracelet and a ring. There are two conflicting views on who gave this to her. We don't have any official word. See this column and right column for possible explanations.
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. The jewels were also seen at a State Dinner for President Obama and First Lady Michelle upon a visit to the UK. | She prefers to wear the chain with its matching earrings and a green dress.  Her Majesty seems to like this parure as she has worn it several times. The Emirati Emerald Demi-Parure might also be the name for this purare. It was proposed by the RJOTW boards to be a gift from the President of the United Arab Emirates during the Queen's Gulf Tour in 1979, or during the Emirati State visit to the UK in 1989. |
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 theNizam Tiarawas broken up, it was made into Rose Brooches for the Queen to wear. Queen Elizabethwears 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 toHMon a state visit to the United Kingdom in 1967. The Queenwore this necklace when King Faisalgave a banquet in honour of Elizabethin the Dorchester hotel before his departure. 
The Queen loaned this necklace to Diana, Princess of Walesduring a state visit to Australia in 1983. After notbeing seen for quite a while,HRH The Countess of Wessex [Sophie]was loaned the necklace to wearat the dinner gala after the Luxembourg wedding ofCountess Stephanie of Lannoyand theGrand Duke Prince Guillaume of Luxembourgon 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'. | CARTIER DIAMOND AND PLATINUM NECKLACE A wedding present from theNizam of HyderabadtoPrincess Elizabethin 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 Queenhad 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.
| 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 Queenloaned 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. 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 inThe Queen's Jewels: "In 1981 the Queen was left a late-Victorian diamond star brooch by Lady Jardine, which she has worn on many occasions. It has a collet diamond on a knife-wire between each of its eight points."
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 necklacewas a gift from Sheik Rashid of Dubai, onavisit 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 theCullinans, see below underQueen Mary) |
VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE NECKLACE The famousQueen 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 ofQueen Victoria. A similar necklace was made forPrincess Alexandra of Kent (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 Princess Adelaide of Cambridge, The Duchess of Teck.
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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. |
