Posted by Arthur on February 12, 2015, 5:18 am, in reply to "QEII Ruby earrings?"
They are ruby earrings, indeed, and were worn occasionally by the Queen. I think they appeared in the late 1960s/early 1970s. I have no indication about the origin of this pair of earrings.
They are here worn in May 1972 in Paris, during the return dinner hosted by the Queen in honour of French President Georges Pompidou, during her second State visit to France:
The rubies are removable, and the Queen has worn the earrings in both versions (with and without the rubies).
June 2003: Return dinner during the State visit to Britain of the President of the Federation of Russia, Vladimir Putin:
2005: State dinner at Buckingham Palace in honour of the President of the Republic of Korea:
The Queen has loaned/given (?) these earrings to the Countess of Wessex, who has worn them (without the rubies) at the wedding service of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill in June 2013:
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