10/20/15 ♛ State Visit Banquet

Buckingham Palace LONDON 20 October WKW ♛ Jenny Packham Red Beaded Gown ♚ Jenny Packham Red Clutch ♚ The Queen Mother’s Lotus Tiara (Loaned) ♚ HM’s Diamond Pendant Earrings (Loaned) ♚ HM’s Diamond Wedding Bracelet (Loaned) ♚ The Queen Mother’s Diamond Art Deco Bracelet (Loaned) ♚
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Kate Iconic Looks China State Visit Banquet Red Packham Lotus Flower Tiara October 20 2015
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
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The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
October was the month we almost overdosed on exquisite jewelry, starting with the China state dinner October 20th.
Glittering! The Duchess of Cambridge graces the cover of the new issue of HELLO! Canada, dated November 2 and on sale tomorrow.
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
The Duchess was wearing the Lotus Flower/Papyrus tiara. More from the Court Jeweller: The first royal wearer of this tiara…was the Queen Mum. She took a page out of her mother-in-law’s book when creating the sparkler: it was made from a necklace that she received as a wedding gift in 1923….Elizabeth decided she’d rather dismantle it and reuse the gems elsewhere. Only six months after she received it, Garrard broke up the necklace and used the diamonds and pearls to create this tiara.
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
Although Kate wore it to a 2013 reception, we weren’t able to get a good look at it until the state dinner.
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
The bracelet’s geometric design was created with diamonds from a tiara that belonged to the Duke of Edinburgh’s mother. It is a piece Queen Elizabeth II has worn with some frequency, quite an honor I think that she loaned it to the Duchess. Kate’s other bracelet also an interesting background; it was originally a choker-style necklace.
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
Perhaps the most surprising jewels at the state dinner were those seen on Kate’s wrists – two shining, shimmering diamond bracelets. The first is called the Wedding Gift Bracelet, so named because it was Prince Philip’s wedding gift to HM when they were married in 1947.
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Duchess of Cambridge's diamond bracelet made of flower clusters alternating with baguette diamonds, believed to be a wedding gift from her father-in-law the Prince of Wales
The Princess Attends Holocaust Memorial Day Service
The Duchess also wore two eye-popping bracelets lent by Her Majesty. One art deco-style bracelet was fashioned into a bracelet from Queen Mary's choker while another dazzling bangle was one of Prince Philip's wedding gifts to the Queen, designed by Bond Street jeweller Philip Antrobus brilliants from a tiara belonging to Princess Andrew of Greece, the Duke of Edinburgh's mother, placed in a platinum setting.
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Kate complimented her look with dazzling jewels including The Queen's diamond chandelier earrings which have been loaned to the Duchess several times including the Diplomatic Reception in 2013.