Hand crafted designer sardonyx pendant

Queen Elizabeth had a beautiful sardonyx stone set in a gold ring and had her portrait carved on the stone. She presented the ring to the Earl of Essex as a token of friendship, assuring him that if he ever asked for help, she would be there.

 

Later, the Earl was imprisoned for treason and condemned to die. The Earl tried to send the ring to the Queen to ask for her aid, but instead it landed in the possession of Lady Nottingham,  an enemy of the Earl.

 

Queen Elizabeth learned of his plight, but since he did not ask for her aid, she assumed he was too proud and so she did nothing. The Earl was beheaded.

 

It was not until a deathbed confession by the Lady of Nottingham that the Queen learned the truth. It broke her heart.

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