16 May 2017

Garden Party and Audience at Buckingham Palace

The Queen and other members of the Royal Family held a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
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Her Maj decided to kick off this year's garden parties with a pink brooch for soft pink outfit, and she wasn't the only one in a pastel mood today.

Three Strand Pearl Necklace

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In a repeated Christopher Kane coat with a Lock & Co. hat - so, basically sporting an "lolz, soooo true" response to those that felt her coat for her recent Luxembourg trip was more of the same - The Duchess of Cambridge joined other members of the Royal Family for the garden party.


The Queen held an audience at Buckingham Palace.

Earlier on this two brooch day, The Queen chose Prince Albert's Sapphire to adorn a blue floral dress. Good thing she did, I think many of her regular diamond or pearl favorites would have disappeared.

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14 May 2017

Royal Windsor Horse Show

May 10-14: The Queen attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Home Park, Windsor.

As she does every year, The Queen was in casual mode for several days to join the fun happening in her backyard at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Just her engagement and wedding rings and one of her black strap watches were on display for these days.


The Queen does present some of the prizes and watch a display or two, and that's when the brooches come back out to play. On Saturday, it was Queen Victoria's Bow Brooch. This coat was originally worn with a more distinctive hat - interesting to see it paired with a more typical shape now. (Another view here.)

Queen Victoria's Bow Brooch
Pearl Stud Earrings
Single Strand Pearl Necklace 


And on Sunday, she continued to pull from Queen Victoria's legacy as Queen Victoria's 11 Pearl Brooch made its first 2017 appearance.
 
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09 May 2017

Pangbourne College Centenary and Audience

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited Pangbourne College, Berkshire, to celebrate its centenary.
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For more: BBC article, Zimbio gallery.

So just in case the Flame Lily wasn't clear enough from the behind the wheel of her Jag, here you go!

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Three Strand Pearl Necklace


Also today, The Queen received His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, His Grace Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Church, and Dean of Windsor The Right Reverend David Connor for private audience at Windsor Castle.
For more: Zimbio gallery.

Though pictures from today's other event are not so clear, it is probably also the Flame Lily. 

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08 May 2017

Church at Windsor

May 7: The Queen attended church at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor Park.

The internet does get a kick out of spotting Her Maj behind the wheel, and she's here to deliver. She's also delivering some serious brooch action - albeit partially obscured - in the form of what looks to be the Flame Lily Brooch.

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05 May 2017

Lunch and Investiture at Buckingham Palace

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Cambridge, welcomed Aung San Suu Kyi to Buckingham Palace for a lunch. Her Majesty also held an Investiture today.

The Cullinan V is back for its second appearance of the year and the filling in for Philip has begun, with William third wheeling it through these pics.

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04 May 2017

Order of Merit Service

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended a service for members of the Order of Merit at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace and afterwards gave a reception.

Lucky they had this engagement scheduled for today, because the world - the hysteria-prone social media world, specifically - apparently required evidence that Prince Philip is still kicking. What I wouldn't give for his take on the panic that followed leaked news of a staff meeting at Buckingham Palace this morning, including people speculating that news of The Duke's death was imminent (despite all this occurring just hours after he'd been in fine form on an engagement yesterday).

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So yes, the big news today is that the 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh will retire from public duties in the autumn. I'd say that's a well-deserved rest for a man that's logged 22,191 solo engagements since 1952, according to the palace. In the mean time, he's still got it:

 Guest at today's reception: "I'm sorry to hear that you're standing down."
Prince Philip: "Well I can't stand up much longer!"

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03 May 2017

Return to Buckingham Palace

The Queen returned to Buckingham Palace from Windsor Castle.

The Queen came back to London in time for a visit from the Prime Minister to mark the dissolution of Parliament (an audience without any pictures from inside, it seems), and while there's not a lot to see here, I do like an occasional casual glimpse.

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