The estimated number of brooches varies but is somewhere close to 200. I have 135 specifically listed - but I only have them in that list if I have a specific date for the wearing, as it is a dated catalogue. So there are some - especially early ones - that I haven't got included because I only have an undated picture.
Also, it is not always clear in some photos , if there is a side or partial view, for instance, and this can give rise to inflated numbers, whereas it may turn out that a "mystery" brooch was actually a well known one.
They also appear for every kind of occasion - I've seen the Albert used to pin the back of a sash, for instance. We may feel the Albert is an "important" brooch, too good for such a task, but to HM, it is apparently just another "safety pin"!!! There are not many that the Queen reserves for certain kinds of occasions, so for us to divide them up in such away would be a bit pointless.
The queen does have her favourites, which appear regularly, but then she will have a phase of bringing one out that we have not seen for some time and it will be worn a few times in a year, and then go back into the jewel box again.
Then again, there are the occasional new gifts, which often make a token, but relevant, appearance then vanish from view to reappear only when a pertinent Ambassador visits!
My own database has slipped in recent months, but I am intending to put in some work to bring it right up to date, as soon as I can.
--Previous Message-- : : Well, you can never have too much of a good : thing! : : Thanks, gill -- I seem to recall her wearing : it to Ascot. We might not see it there for a : while, but I hope to see it at some other : event in the not-too-distant future. : : : --Previous Message-- : Well, actually HM did wear the Williamson : Pink : to Ascot in 2011! Maybe it's not on the rota : to appear there again for a while yet : : --Previous Message-- : In my memory she seems to only wear the : Williamson on state or very important : functions like the Obama's visit and silver : jubilee. : I wouldn't have thought she would wear it to : a more social event like Ascot : : Perhaps you can tell us just when she has : worn it Gill ? : : --Previous Message-- : : : Alas, no outing for the beautiful Williamson : brooch, which would also have looked grand : on HM`s pink outfit.... (which she wore a : few days ago, I know she wore blue again : today ) : : --Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : Do we think HM will be there today again, : maybe with another lovely surprise? I'd love : to see her wearing the brooch that was a : 60th wedding anniversary gift from the : Commonwealth Heads of Government (Or was it : just from Uganda?) : : : Bostwana. . . : : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/queenandcommonwealth/MicroObject.asp?row=99&themeid=944&item=99 : : : : : : : : : :