Princess Marie Louise Honeycomb BraceletsArchived Message
Posted by Boffer on January 26, 2013, 8:43 pm
I found this picture of Princess Marie Louise on her wedding day, and she is wearing the diamond and pearl honeycomb bracelets, that she left to the Queen upon her death, as a choker necklace.
Therefore the Queen has two almost identical examples of this choker / bracelets.
One from Queen Mary and one from Princess Marie Louise.
However, the one from Queen Mary is different in terms of its size, although the choker from Queen Mary is shorter (tighter around the neck) the diamonds and pearls seem significantly larger, and it is wider.
Queen Mary also wore her choker as bracelets, most notably to the Devonshire House Ball in 1897.
The present Queen has also worn this style of bracelets on a number of occasions, as can be seen in Field - although it is not clear whether she wears Queen Mary's or Princess Marie Louise's.