When the queen became the first royal consort to participate in the centuries old tradition, she wore a Cartier treasure with royal roots stretching back to King Charles’s grandfather.
Still, she made a nod to tradition by accessorizing with a pair of brooches referencing the late Queen Elizabeth II and father, King George VI, two gold flower Cartier brooches with small cushion-shaped sapphires and brilliant cut diamonds at their center, both of which once belonged to the late queen. She wore them only occasionally throughout her many years on the throne, but in 1969 author Sheila Young wrote that the queen regarded them as “mementoes from her father.
One of the most extravagant gifts from wedding gifts from George to Elizabeth was a sapphire necklace featuring 14 stones and an optional pendant and matching earrings, and in 1963 the queen had a tiara designed to match. Before that point, Menkes writes, “most of her jewels were trinkets,” and her modest collection of brooches were “all flowers and mainly in sapphire.
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