Re: A year full of surprises from Queen Elizabeth II Archived Message
Posted by Annie  on December 17, 2014, 9:03 pm, in reply to "A year full of surprises from Queen Elizabeth II"
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: Queen Elizabeth II did not give us in 2014
: many surprises with her necklaces and her
: tiaras (or should I say "her
: tiara", in the singular, as she seems
: to wear now almost exclusively the Girls of
: Great-Britain and Ireland Tiara?), but she
: delighted us with a generous bunch of
: unknown or never-worn brooches:
:
: 2 February 2014: first outing of the
: Tourmaline Brooch presented to the Queen in
: October 2013 by the Lieutenant-Governor of
: Saskatchewan (divine service in King's Lynn,
: Norfolk). This brooch was worn a second time
: on 20 June 2014 during Royal Ascot week:
:
:
: (Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 10 March 2014: first wearing of a large
: diamond brooch at a Commonwealth reception:
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 3 April 2014: first wearing of Queen Mary's
: large sapphire and diamond Russian Brooch
: (official visit to the President of Italy
: and to HH Pope Francis):
:
: (Credit: Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images Europe
: [1st picture] and Franco Origlia/Getty
: Images Europe [2nd picture])
:
: 6 May 2014: first public wearing of the
: Daffodil Diamond Brooch (reportedly a
: Diamond Jubilee gift from the Sultan of Oman
: - the Queen had already worn this brooch on
: a portrait by Dan Llywelyn Hall in 2012)
: (visit to Chelmsford, Essex):
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 5 June 2014: probably the "BBB
: Day" (Big Brooch Bash) from Her
: Majesty, as Queen Elizabeth II wore
: successively on that day not less than FOUR
: brooches, including two that she had never
: worn publicly before :
:
: - the Botswana Diamond and Gold Brooch (worn
: for the arrival at the Gare du Nord in
: Paris, at the beginning of her State visit
: to France):
:
: (Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
: Europe)
:
: - a modern diamond floral spray made with
: white, yellow and pink diamonds (reception
: at the British embassy in Paris):
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: The floral spray was worn twice later in the
: year (18 June 2014 at Royal Ascot and 23
: July 2014 in Glasgow for the Opening of the
: Commonwealth Games):
:
: (Credit: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
: Europe [1st picture] and Chris Jackson/Getty
: Images Europe [2nd picture])
:
: 6 June 2014: for the celebrations of the
: D-Day celebrations in Normandy, Queen
: Elizabeth II wore for the second time Queen
: Victoria's Fringe Brooch (the first time was
: in 2011 for the Turkish State visit to
: Britain):
:
: (Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe)
:
: Later that day, for the State dinner at the
: Elysée Palace, she wore the Queen Mother's
: Ruby and Diamond Spray Brooch, that she had
: worn only once in 2008:
:
:
: 17 June 2014: first wearing of the baroque
: pearl and diamond Two-Swan Brooch (Royal
: Ascot):
:
: (Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 19 June 2014: first wearing of Queen
: Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Aquamarine and
: Diamond Aquamarine Brooch (Royal Ascot week,
: and later on 6 November at The Recovery
: Pathway Reception at Buckingham Palace):
:
:
: (Credit: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
: Europe [1st picture] and WPA Pool/Getty
: Images Europe [2nd image])
:
: 24 June 2014: second wearing by Her Majesty
: (and the first one since 1972!) of Queen
: Alexandra's pearl and diamond wedding brooch
: (visit to Northern Ireland):
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 25 June 2014: first wearing of the Bronte
: Porcelain Snow-drop Brooch (visit to
: Northern Ireland):
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 10 July 2014: first wearing of an unknown
: but beautiful turquoise and diamond brooch
: (visit to Derbyshire):
:
: (Credit: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe)
:
: 14 September 2014: first outing ever of the
: multigem bouquet brooch (divine service at
: Crathie Kirk):
:
:
: (Source: Royalista.com)
:
: 18 October 2014: one of the rare outings of
: the small multigem, diamond and gold brooch
: (BQIPCO British Champions Day 2014 at Ascot
: Racecourse):
:
: (Credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
: Europe)
:
: 8 November 2014: first wearing of Queen
: Mary's Richmond Brooch since 2009
: (Remembrance Festival at London's Royal
: Albert Hall):
:
: (Credit: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Europe)
:
: The Queen did show off her emeralds in April for the Irish State visit, Vladimir tiara with emeralds etc... but it would have been nice to know what tiara she wore to the Diplomatic Reception & the Ghillies Ball at Balmoral?
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