Showing posts with label Botswana Flower Brooch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botswana Flower Brooch. Show all posts

06 July 2017

Holyrood Week: Highland Spring Factory Visit

The Queen visited the Highland Spring factory in Blackford.
Royal Family

These buttons cry out for one of the pearl and diamond brooches, right? Instead, this is the outfit's second appearance with a gold and diamond brooch. Maybe next time!

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13 April 2017

Royal Maundy Service

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, attended the Royal Maundy Service at Leicester Cathedral.

Ooh, second (relatively) rare brooch selection for the week: the Botswana Flower Brooch, given to The Queen in 2007 and first worn in 2014. This Angela Kelly coat is the by far the best background the brooch has had to date; it previously appeared on white and yellow jackets, but the design really stands out on a darker color.

Royal Family
The Maundy service has been a traveling affair during The Queen's reign, held at a different church each year. According to the palace, after today's service in Leicester, The Queen has now visited every Anglican cathedral in England for the Royal Maundy Service. Another landmark for a landmark reign.

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19 June 2015

Royal Ascot, Day 4

The Queen honored Ascot Races with her presence today.
We're still in the "delicate" range, but like yesterday's Shamrock Brooch, this is another we haven't seen often. This is only the second public appearance for the Botswana Flower Brooch, and unfortunately it's disappearing a bit on the background of her yellow Stewart Parvin outfit and Rachel Trevor Morgan hat. Only one day left, any final brooch hopes out there?


Photo: via Getty Images
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05 June 2014

State Visit to France, Arrival

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Gare du Nord in Paris for the beginning of their State Visit to France.
For more: Gallery from Zimbio.
Exciting brooch business: I believe this is the first time we've seen this brooch, the Botswana Flower Brooch, worn in public (please, correct me if I'm wrong). It's delicate, but larger than I thought it would be. A "new" brooch and a good hat is a good start for this visit!

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The Botswana Flower Brooch

The Botswana Flower Brooch
Depicting a spray of sorghum (or millet) with 11 pear shaped diamonds and gold, this delicate brooch was given to the Queen by the President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, during the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The plant is a major crop for Botswana. Though the brooch was exhibited in 2009, I believe its first public outing was not until the 2014 state visit to France.

Appearances:
6 July 2017: Holyrood Week: Highland Spring Factory Visit
13 April 2017: Royal Maundy Service
19 June 2015: Royal Ascot, Day 4
5 June 2014: State Visit to France, Arrival

Photo: Royal Collection/Queen Elizabeth II
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