Queen Elizabeth.Photo: Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty
Queen Elizabethoften uses her brooches to convey a message to the world.
Many of the priceless and heavily embellished pieces have been handed down through generations of her family, so they have their own sentimental story to tell.
Queen Elizabeth wears the Flower Basket Brooch for her Christmas speech in 2013.John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their honeymoon in 1947.Central Press/Getty
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Another brooch that the Queen sentimentally wears in honor of her mother is the Courtauld Thomson Scallop-Shell Brooch as it was a favorite of the Queen Mother’s. Featuring a shell motif in diamonds studded with a single round pearl, the Queen wore it to unveil a statue of her mother on the Mall in February 2009.
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Queen Elizabeth wearing her mother’s favorite Scallop-Shell brooch during a trip to Canada in 2010.
In addition to wearing her brooches for sentimental purposes, the Queen also uses them as a diplomatic gesture on foreign trips overseas. It’s a sartorial tip she has passed ontoKate Middleton, who borrowed the Queen’s Diamond Maple Leaf brooch during her first tour of the country in 2011 andagain in 2016.
source: people.com
