Jewel of the day: Queen Camilla attending the Maundry Service, 28.03.2024
The gold and sapphire flower brooches belonged to Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. They were created by Cartier and gifted to the late Queen by her father.
Don’t forget that it’s a very double-edged sword, this. As people tend to forget, when she passed the longest reigning Monarch, that was only because her father died so young. It’s a record that she would much rather not have been able to pass.
Princess Anne on her mother becoming Britain’s longest-reigning Monarch (She surpassed Queen Victoria on September 9, 2015.)
Princess Elizabeth received the South Africa necklace for her 21st birthday in 1947. Five years later, Garrard & Co. removed six stones from the necklace and refashioned them into a bracelet for her coronation.