I think that Queen Mary might have worn the brooch (seen in the image OmerH posted) minus the pendant during the Delhi Durbar in 1911.

What do others think? Are there any better photos?



Duchess of Gloucester wearing the brooch.


The black and white detail (first image) comes from the photo below which Alamy dates as India 1914, but I think 1914 is a typo.



I feel that I should point out that Queen Mary was photographed wearing the same dress and hat but with the Garter sash and orders on another formal occasion in India in 1911. It was not uncommon for Queen Mary to wear the same clothes frequently in any season and I have seen examples where she has worn the same dress on successive days but with different jewels.

Other occasion. This detail comes from an image in the French National Library (BnF)



In the photo above HM is wearing another of the pink topaz brooches -- the one now worn in the Gloucester tiara.

I am certain that the two photos were not taken at the same event as, apart from the lack of sash and orders in the Alamy image, HM does not have a hat veil and the anchor brooch is pinned in a higher position on the dress in the image from the French National Library.