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Today marks the Death Anniversary of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandmother, who died on this day in 1953! The only daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and the Duke of Teck on  she was first engaged to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, and after his death married his younger brother, then the Duke of York, in 1893. The couple had six children: the Duke of WindsorKing George VIMary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, and Prince John. After an increasing round of Tours and Duties as Prince and Princess of Wales, in 1910, he succeeded his father as King George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, becoming the only British Monarch to be crowned Emperor in India. The King’s Reign saw the rise of communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, the Indian independence movement, Dominion Nations, and the first Labour Government as well as the catastrophic First World War, which saw the fall of many European Monarchies, but the rebranded House of Windsor emerged more popular, with the British Empire expanded to its greatest effective extent. Queen Mary was widowed in 1936, and lived through the reigns of two of her sons, King Edward VIII and King George VI, as well as the Second World War. A symbol of regal decorum and stability to the end, she died on this day in 1953, just months before the Coronation of her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara | Vladimir Tiara | Delhi Durbar Tiara | Cambridge Emerald Parure | Lover’s Knot Tiara | Fringe Tiara | Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara | Teck Turquoise TiaraCambridge Sapphire Parure | Iveagh Tiara | Amethyst Tiara | Ladies of England Tiara | Surrey Fringe Tiara | Queen Mary’s Diamond SautoirThe Jewels of Queen Mary

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Queen Mary’s Crown

George IV State Diadem

Queen Victoria’s Regal Circlet

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Vladimir Tiara

Delhi Durbar Tiara

Cambridge Emerald Parure

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara

Queen Adelaide’s Fringe Tiara

Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara

Cambridge Sapphire Parure

Teck Turquoise Tiara

Iveagh Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire Bandeau

Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau

Crochet Bandeau Tiara

Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Queen Mary’s Amethyst Tiara

Queen Mary’s Ladies of England Tiara

Queen Mary’s Surrey Fringe Tiara

 Cullinan Diamond

Queen Mary’s Art Deco Emerald Choker

Queen Mary’s City of London Choker

Queen Mary’s Diamond and Pearl Riviere

Queen Mary’s Diamond Choker Bracelet

Empress Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire Choker

Queen Mary’s 11-row Pearl Choker

Coronation Necklace and Earrings

Queen Mary’s Love Trophy Collar

Queen Mary’s Diamond Stomacher

Cambridge Pearl Pendant Brooch

Queen Adelaide’s Diamond Brooch

Queen Mary’s Diamond Thistle Brooch

Countess of Snowdon’s Diamond Clips

Diamond Pendant

Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch

Queen Mary’s Russian Sapphire Cluster Brooch

Koh-i-Noor Diamond

Queen Victoria’s Bow Brooches

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Bracelet

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Bar Brooches

Queen Victoria’s Crown Ruby Brooch

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