Queen Charlotte divided her jewels in three parts in her Will - 1. the hereditary jewels from the collection of George II (yes, 2) 2. the Arcots 3. her remaining jewels.
The Arcots were not the “Hanoverian jewels” which were the subject of the Hanoverian claim. They were gifts to George III and Charlotte and she had willed them to be sold. It seems, from reading Bury in particular on the Hanoverian Claim, that Queen Adelaide was scrupulous about handing over things to her late husband’s executors. Remember, at this point that Queen Victoria was an18 year old girl.
It seems that people decided to honour Charlotte’s expressed wish for the Arcots to be sold.
EDITED: for further comment -
It is still not clear if the Arcots were sold during the reign of William IV or after.
--Previous Message-- : : Source: George III & Queen Charlotte; : Patronage Collecting and Court Taste , : Edited by Jane Roberts, Essays by : Christopher Lloyd and Jonathan Marsden, : Royal Collection Publications, 2004 : : In 1767 the Nabob of Arcot “presented George : III and Queen Charlotte with a gift of arms : and jewels which included seven large : diamonds, subsequently known as the Arcot : diamonds. In her will Queen Charlotte : specifically directed that they were to be : sold and the money divided among her four : younget surviving daughters. George IV : disregarded his mother’s will and claimed : the diamonds as his own personal property, : apparently setting them into the new : Imperial State Crown in 1821. After the : coronation of William IV and Queen Adelaide : in 1831 - when the diamonds were set in the : Queen’s crown - the diamonds were sold to : Rundells, who auctioned them at Willis’s : Rooms, St James’s, on 20 July 1837. There : they were purchased by the Emanuel Brothers, : who sold them to the 1st Marquess of : Westminster for £11,000. In 1930 the two : largest stones were set in the Westminster : tiara, .....” :
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