Camilla channels Queen Elizabeth in late monarch’s jewellery

Camilla Parker Bowles is paying out tribute to her late mom in legislation.
The wife of King Charles lll looked regal in royal blue, deciding on to wear the Belgian Sapphire Tiara at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, which formerly belonged to Queen Elizabeth ll.
The dazzling headwear, which was worn for the duration of Charles’ initial state pay a visit to as King, also marked Camilla’s 1st tiara second considering the fact that her spouse acceded to the throne immediately after his mother’s death on September 8.
The Queen Consort, 75, paired the sparkler with a royal blue lace robe created by Bruce Oldfield as she and Charles welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the U.K.
She accessorized with the tiara’s matching necklace and bracelet, together with the blue Purchase of the Garter sash and the Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Get star and sash.
Queen Elizabeth, who wore the stunning jewels on a vacation to Singapore in 1989 and all through China’s point out take a look at to the U.K. in 2015, was gifted the parts by her father in 1947.
King George gave the then-princess the tiara, necklace and earrings — recognised as the King George VI Victorian Suite — as a marriage ceremony present.
The corresponding bracelet was added to the suite in the 1960s.
In the meantime, Kate Middleton opted for one particular of the late Princess Diana’s preferred tiaras.
The newly minted Princess of Wales, 40, looked dazzling at the South African condition banquet in the the Lover’s Knot tiara, which she paired with a Jenny Packham robe.
The mom of three, who was joined by spouse Prince William through the condition take a look at, also opted for Princess Diana’s South Sea pearl-and-diamond fall earrings along with a pearl bracelet that belonged to Queen Elizabeth.
Like Camilla, she concluded her appear with the blue Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Purchase sash as nicely as the Royal Spouse and children Buy of Queen Elizabeth II.
Not only does the banquet mark King Charles III’s very first formal point out stop by, but it is the initial point out banquet held at Buckingham Palace considering the fact that Donald and Melania Trump joined Queen Elizabeth in 2019.