I believe that the rubies in question belonged to Amalia von Solms, not Queen Amelia of Portugal
That is my recollection.
--Previous Message-- : In my opinion there are many things to clarify : on that story. As far as I know, there are : no representation of Queen Amelia wearing : rubies nor any report of HM possessing : rubies. I'm not saying that they did not : belonged to Queen Amelia but we need more : information to clarify the truth of that : story. :