holds a permanent exhibition titled "Marie, Queen of Romania". This display includes the queen's coronation gown, a copy of the crown, silverware, gilt furniture, and jewelry, among other items. The Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire is named from its association with Marie. Originally set in a necklace by Cartier in 1913, the drop jewel weighs 478 carats. It was transferred to a diamond necklace in 1919 and King Ferdinand purchased it for Marie in 1921. The price was 1,375,000 francs, to be paid in four instalments until 1924. At the time, large jewelry had not excited Marie's interest; she preferred to wear a Greek cross or, when she attended the Paris Opera, her pearls. However, the sapphire sautoir (jewel chain) was an ideal match for the sapphire tiara she had bought from Russian exile Grand Duchess Vladimir. She wore them both at her coronation receptions and when sitting for her portrait by Philip de László. During her visit to the United States, when she presided over a ball at the New York Ritz-Carlton, one observer remarked: "There was a heavy chain of diamonds, broken at intervals with squares of massive design. From this chain was suspended an unbelievable egg-shaped sapphire, one of the largest, it is said, in the world". Titles, styles, honours and arms Titles and styles 29 October 1875 – 10 January 1893: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Edinburgh 10 January 1893 – 10 October 1914: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Romania 10 October 1914 – 20 July 1927: Her Majesty The Queen of Romania 20 July 1927 – 18 July 1938: Her Majesty Queen Marie of Romania Honours Marie was a recipient of the following national and foreign honours: Arms As a male-line grandchild of a British Sovereign, Marie bore the arms of the kingdom, with an inescutcheon for Saxony, differenced by a five-point label argent, the outer pair of which bore anchors azure, the inner roses gules, and the central a cross gules. In 1917, the inescutcheon was dropped by Royal Warrant from George V. Written works Books The Lily of Life (1912) The Dreamer of Dreams (1913) Ilderim (1915) Four Seasons. Out of a Man’s Life (1915) The Naughty Queen (1916) The Stealers of Light. A legend (1916) My Country (1916); enlarged as The Country That I Love: An Exile's Memories (1925) Roumania Yesterday and To-day, by Winifred Gordon (1918) [1st chapter