31 October 2013

Visit to East Sussex

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh made a one day visit to East Sussex.
Video: The Queen, the DoE, and some mega fish. Also click here for an article and pictures from the Express, worth it for the picture with the four-year-old alone.
She's in a pink mood this week and she's working it - lovely to see the Small Pink and Diamond Brooch out and about again, and just as I was giving its provenance another ponder, too (see the comments on the brooch entry).


Also, it looks like the Queen left East Sussex with a new addition to the collection! And we shall dub it the Newhaven Horse Brooch.

Photos:PA/@SussexExpressPh
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30 October 2013

Audience and Investiture at Buckingham Palace

The Queen received the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, for an audience at Buckingham Palace. She also held an Investiture.
Looks like President Karzai and his impressive bow were treated to an outing of the Gold Trellis Brooch, though this is an extreme angle to spot it at (click here for video, or here for a gallery). He also stopped by to see the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall over at Clarence House.

Blog update! You might have noticed, I added a few things on the sidebar of the blog. (<---That way.) Now we have a list of Recently Updated Posts and a list of Recent Comments. Conversations still happen on older posts and I continue to update past published posts as I come across new information, and both features will let you know when that happens.

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29 October 2013

Ebony Horse Club Visit

The Queen visited Ebony Horse Club, Brixton. She was accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, President of the organization.
Video, above
A girls' day out with the horses, a common interest for these two ladies - adorable, no? As for the gems, totally typical, and the Frosted Sunflower Brooch is well on its way to claiming this year's #1 Most Worn spot...again.

P.S.: You might want to check back in on yesterday's post, I have posted a video link for another look at that new addition to the brooch collection in action.

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28 October 2013

Commonwealth Nations Reception

The Queen, accompanied by other members of the Royal Family, hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace in advance of the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which will be held in November in Sri Lanka.
Click here for an article from ITV News.
Look at this, kids: it's the first public appearance of the New Zealand Blue Pearl Brooch, given to Her Maj in September! A Commonwealth event debut, well played. It looks darker here than I thought it would. Is it living up to your expectations?

UPDATE: Click here for a video with several brooch glimpses from ITNSource.

Photo: PA
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24 October 2013

Audiences at Buckingham Palace

The Queen received the Ambassadors of Iraq and the Republic of Korea at Buckingham Palace.
Click above for a video from ITNSource.
This is amusing me greatly. Just one day after the christening... "You want a Cambridge brooch? FINE. I'll give you a Cambridge brooch!"


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23 October 2013

The Small Aquamarine Brooch

The Small Aquamarine Brooch
The aquamarines worn most often by the Queen have become quite well known - the Aquamarine Clip Brooches, and the pieces of the Brazilian Aquamarine Parure - but they aren't the only aqua jewels in the collection. This aquamarine brooch contains a rectangular aquamarine stone surrounded by a delicate diamond laurel wreath, described in Leslie Field's The Queen's Jewels as "two curved diamond branches".
Unfortunately, that diamond detail disappears when worn on a patterned fabric as the Queen has done. The brooch also looks much larger when seen from the side or on video, when its depth is revealed. But when worn on a patterned fabric, as The Queen has done in some of the recent outings of this brooch (and there are not many, as this is a rare one), it can appear small.

Appearances:
17 December 2015: Train to Sandringham
23 October 2013: Diamond Jubilee Trust Reception

Photos: Abaca/PA/ITNSource
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Diamond Jubilee Trust Reception

The Queen, with other members of the Royal Family, attended a reception for the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust at Buckingham Palace.
The royal wheel doesn't stop turning, not even for a christening! This evening there was a reception to attend and a (new to the blog!) brooch to wear. (Apparently the jolly mood continued on, though - click here for a cute article and video.)

UPDATE: Click here for a video from ITNSource, which proves that this brooch may look small, but is actually quite a hefty little rock!


Photo: PA/ITNSource
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