--Previous Message-- : Thanks Nellie, : I am pretty sure I have this book - I will : have to go have a look. I would not have : expected it to contain this information. : Interesting how QM went back to Wm IV and : Adelaide - as opposed to incorporating : something of Queen Victoria's. : : I found these pictures of QV wearing the : bracelet with the PA miniature. : : : : : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : : The Crown Jewels 1998 says - : : "To judge by the State Portrait, and : corroborated by photographs of the : Coronation ceremony, her two four-row : brilliant bracelets had once belonged to : Queen Victoria, who after marriage had added : a clasp with Prince Albert's miniature to : one of them and wore it continuously. In : 1911 Queen Mary replaced the existing clasps : with two of Garter form bearing the diamond : cyphers of William IV and Queen Adelaide on : a blue enamel ground with a brilliant : surround. She wore the bracelets in this : state at her coronation in 1911, passing : them to Queen Elizabeth in 1937, who used : them with the same clasps [unaltered]." : : : --Previous Message-- : I have seen this iconic picture many times : from George VI and Queen Elizabeth's : coronation. : : I have always wondered about the bracelet : shown on her right arm. : : I them happened to notice the is picture of : Queen Mary wearing the same bracelet. : : Can anyone help out with some details : please? : : : : : : Cheers! : Bryce : : : : :