The forty-fifth Wedding
Anniversary is symbolised by the gifts of sapphire.
Sapphires
come in an array of colours - pink, yellow, white, green and red as well
as blue - so the theme of a anniversary wedding party could be anything
from one colour theme, to rainbow colour theme.
Flowers
used as decorations could include a variety that spells out some meaning
for the couple such as red or love, freesias for faithfulness.
The
gemstone associated with this anniversary is Alexandrite, named after the
Russian tsar Alexander II. The very first crystals were discovered in
April 1834 in the Tokovaya River in the Urals. The discovery was
made on the day the future tsar came of age.
The
most amazing feature of this stone is its ability to change its colour.
Green or bluish-green in daylight, it turns a soft shade of red,
purplish-red or raspberry red in incandescent light.
Lady
Diana Spencer, choose for her engagement ring an 18-carat oval sapphire
surrounded by 14 diamonds.
A
decade or two earlier, the Duke of Windsor made his wedding gift to Wallis
Simpson, a bracelet in the shape of garter, with a round cushion-shaped
sapphires placed in the centre of a wide diamond bracelet.