Unusual pearl necklace yesterday for Queen Elizabeth IIArchived Message
Posted by Arthur on February 3, 2015, 2:52 pm
Yesterday (2nd February, 2015), Queen Elizabeth II opened the new South Lynn Fire Station in King's Lynn, Norfolk, near her Sandringham estate.
For this visit, the Queen wore her well-known Jardine Brooch; but instead of her usual three-strand pearl necklace, that she is almost always seen with, she chose to wear a two-row pearl necklace made of small pearls.
Considering the small size of the pearls, this necklace is not the Hanoverian pearl necklace, nor the Queen Anne and Queen Caroline necklace, nor the 'Kuwaiti' pearl necklace (the latter was worn for the 2014 Christmas message).
Can anyone identify this necklace?
I tried to find a picture of the Queen from the back, so as to identify the necklace clasp, but I couldn't. Here is the best picture of the clasp that I could find:
(Credit for all pictures: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe, via Zimbio.com)