It seems unlikely that Queen Alexandra would wear the Danish emeralds, aren't they treated as crown property? I was under the impression they were reserved for the Queen of Denmark?
Another theory is of course that Queen Alexandra opted to wear fakes. Many royal ladies had fake jewels made for travelling - as you say she must have taken some very, very valuable jewels with her, if something were to happen to them, she would have wiped out!
Alexandra wore ropes and ropes of pearls, which I think were most likely fakes - simply because it seems inconceivable to me that Queen Mary wouldn't have worn them later if they were real.
Queen Alexandra could have had fakes parures made in many different styles/stones. They could be sitting in the vault of Buckingham Palace, ignored and unloved. She likely would not have been photographed in them as her formal portraits where she wore masses of jewellery were taken in the UK in royal palaces so she has no need to wear her fakes.
Just a theory of course.
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