The Grand Duke [her father-in-law] gave me a beautiful diamond bracelet that he and his wife had ordered for me.
page 48, letter from 3. Juni 1863
Above on her gown, we see one of the wedding gifts to Princess Alice, there was a present from the Grand Ducal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Charles of Hesse – A large and very fine diamond stomacher
By His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse – A pair of large and very fine top and drop diamond earrings.
Sources:Morning Post;The TIMES;Liverpool Mercury; „In der neuen Heimat“;Alice Großherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein(Briefe an ihre Mutter Königin Victoria)Verlag Arnold Bergsträsser, Darmstadt, 1884; Hessian Tapestry;
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