When Princess Victoria Mary married Prince George, Duke of York, on July 6, 1983, the County of Cornwall gifted the future Queen consort a ruby and diamond bracelet. The bracelet has a detachable centerpiece in the shape of a rose.
Mary wrote about receiving the bracelet to Lady St. Germans "When you came to bring me the present from the people of Cornwall I felt quite unable to express the deep gratitude I felt at receiving the very beautiful ruby and diamond bracelet. I shall ask you kindly to convey to them my warmest and utmost grateful thanks for the very lovely gift from Cornwall ... Yours very sincerely, Mary".
Mary, being the creative magpie that she was, not only wore the bracelet but also used the centerpiece as a brooch on her collar.
In 1947, Queen Mary gifted the bracelet to her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present (along with several other jewels). Queen Elizabeth has often worn the bracelet with her other ruby jewels, and occasionally with all diamond jewelry too. She has not been pictured wearing the centerpiece separately.
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