Gifts of Grandeur: The Duchess of Teck’s Earrings

Diamond and Pearl Earrings
Nineteenth Century
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Made in the early Nineteenth Century, these earrings originally belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), and were bequeathed to her niece Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck and by her to her daughter, the future Queen Mary, in 1897.

Queen Mary wrote at length in her journal about these earrings and always cherished them. She presented the pair to her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth on 31 January 1947. As a tribute to her grandmother, and much to Queen Mary’s delight, Princess Elizabeth wore them at her wedding in 1947.