Beth, I think that, in the earlier NZ picture, HM is wearing Queen Mary’s Cluster Earrings “Each with a large cushion-cut brilliant within two concentric millegrain and pavé-set bands of small brilliants.” (Roberts, QD)
The other earrings (with the green dress) are a bit of a mystery to me. I call them the “Diamond pear drop earrings”. They are not the Greville drops (which have a baguette spacer) and they are not QV’s coronation drop earrings – too small. These are a diamond stud, with a pear shaped diamond drop. But I have seen nothing written about them. I’m sure I will be corrected as no doubt someone knows more than I do.
I think HM wore these, again with the SA necklace, for the 2010 SA state dinner.
Cheers! Bryce
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