Princess Kate
With iconic pieces of jewelry at the state funeral
Princess Kate with special jewelry in honor of Queen Elizabeth II.
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For the Queen’s state funeral, Princess Kate donned the iconic jewelry she wore at Prince Philip’s funeral.
Princess Kate (40) paid a poignant tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) with carefully selected pieces of jewellery. She wore a Japanese pearl necklace and pearl earrings from Bahrain to the Queen’s state funeral on Monday (19.9.) in Westminster Abbey.
The necklace consists of four rows of pearls with a central diamond clasp in a curved shape. There are three rows of diamonds on each side, merging with marquise diamonds at the top and bottom. The earrings are made of round baguette cut diamonds and pearls at the top.
Loan from the Queen
The two pieces of jewelry, which Kate paired with a wide-brimmed black hat and veil, are from the late monarch. The Queen first loaned the jewelry to Kate on their 70th wedding anniversary in 2017. Most recently, Prince William’s wife (40) wore this jewelry combination for the funeral of Prince Philip (1921-2021) in April 2021.
In November 1982, the Queen had already given the necklace to her then daughter-in-law, Princess Diana (1961-1997), to wear it during a state visit by the then Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (84).