On this day · Royal Jewels

Queen Victoria’s Diamond and Sapphire Coronet


On 28th February, 1922, Princess Mary married Viscount Lascelles, the future 6th Earl of Harewood, in Westminster Abbey. Among the wedding gifts displayed at St James’s Palace was a jewel that linked the bride to her great-grandmother: Queen Victoria’s sapphire and diamond coronet, presented to their only daughter by King George V and Queen Mary.

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