Happy Birthday to Sarah, Duchess of York, who celebrates her 66th Birthday today! The exuberant former wife of the Duke of York who continues to live with him at Royal Lodge in Windsor as the ‘happiest divorced couple in the world’, she received this Ruby Suite as a Wedding gift!

In 1986, the Duchess of York received a ruby and diamond suite featuring a serpent-like necklace and coordinating earrings, reportedly as a wedding gift from the Saudi Royal Family, similar to how her sister-in-law, Diana, Princess of Wales, received her Saudi Sapphire Suite.

The Duchess notably wore the Ruby Suite with her Diamond Tiara for an Official Dinner during her first Official Tour of Canada in 1987.

Not long afterwards, the Duchess wore her Saudi Ruby Suite at a Gala Performance at the Royal Opera House in 1987.

In 1990, the Duchess of York wore her Ruby Suit for a Royal Flying Doctors Service Dinner in Australia.

It is thought that the suite remains, like her Tiara and Diamond Suite, with the Duchess after her divorce, but unlike the other pieces, has not been publicly worn for decades!

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York Diamond Tiara

Diamond Suite

Ruby Suite

Queen Victoria’s Bow Brooches

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Vladimir Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Belgian Sapphire Tiara

Burmese Ruby Tiara

Brazilian Aquamarine Tiara

Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara

Nizam of Hyderabad Tiara

Plunket Tiara

Five Aquamarine Tiara

Imperial State Crown

George IV State Diadem

Necklaces

Coronation Necklace and Earrings

The Cambridge Emerald Parure

Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Necklace

King George VI Sapphire Suite

Queen’s Three-Strand Pearl Necklace

King George VI Festoon Necklace

Queen’s South African Diamonds

Queen’s City of London Fringe Necklace

Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace

Greville Ruby Necklace

Queen’s Japanese Pearl Choker

Kent Amethyst Parure

Queen’s Emerald Tassel Suite

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