Princess Amelia was the youngest of the fifteen children of George III and Queen Charlotte. This ring commemorates her death at the age of 27 after a long period of illness. She suffered from erysipelas, a recurring skin infection which can cause complications such as pneumonia. Her family were plunged into deep grief by her death and the sad news precipitated her father's descent into a spell of insanity. Accounts of the Princess's death record that she had commissioned 'a ring containing a small lock of her hair set beneath a crystal tablet enclosed by a few sparks of diamonds' and put it on the King's finger, and 'uttered with her dying breath Remember me'.

This ring is part of a set of 52 which were commissioned by her brother and executor of her will, the Prince Regent, later George IV, to mark her life. It is inscribed 'Remember me' and with her initial 'A'. They were made by the Royal goldsmiths, Rundell, Bridge & Rundell and distributed to family and members of the court.

From the early seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, testators left money in their wills to have rings with commemorative inscriptions made and distributed to their friends and families. Simple bands enamelled with the name and life dates of the deceased were frequently made, sometimes set with a gemstone or a bezel set with a rock crystal covering a symbol such as a coffin or initials in gold wire. In the later 18th century, rings followed neo-classical designs, their oval bezels often decorated with the same designs as funerary monuments such as urns, broken pillars and mourning figures. Hair from the deceased was incorporated into the designs or set in a compartment at the back of the ring to give each jewel a uniquely personal element. Black or white enamel were favoured though white enamel was often, though not universally used to commemorate children and unmarried adults.