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    Re: Queen Adelaide Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on February 15, 2015, 7:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Adelaide"

    Thank you for those pics Arthur.
    A word of warning about that official portrait of Queen Elizabeth (QM).
    It does not portray precisely what she wore to her coronation. It is simply an official portrait marking the event.
    The bracelets, however, look to be the ones worn.

    The Crown Jewels 1998 states -
    "…her two four-row brilliant bracelets had once belonged to Queen Victoria, who after her marriage 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]."

    Yes, I know there is the detail of square v. oval. Shall search a bit further.

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