HMS Queen Elizabeth Visit, Virtual Audiences, and a New Loan

May 22: The Queen visited HMS Queen Elizabeth at HM Naval Base in Portsmouth ahead of the ship's maiden deployment.

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The Queen donned a cashmere coat and wool crepe dress by Stewart Parvin with a Rachel Trevor Morgan hat for one of her rare (for these days) engagements outside the palace. The brooch was a gift from The Duke of Edinburgh, long referred to here (and elsewhere) as the Grima Ruby Brooch and referred to by the palace as a Scarab Brooch.

Grima Ruby Brooch

Queen Mary's Button Earrings

Three Strand Pearl Necklace

 

 

May 25: The Queen held virtual audiences from Windsor Castle.

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Another sorta look at a brooch, this one very triangular up top, which leads me to guess Queen Mary's Russian Brooch.

 

 

May 26: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted a drive-in cinema event for NHS staff at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Duchess of Cambridge's earrings are on loan from The Queen.

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And finally, a new loan for The Duchess of Cambridge! These earrings are part of the Dubai Looped Sapphire Demi-Parure, a gift to The Queen from Sheikh Rashid of Dubai in 1979. I can't say I've ever loved these revamped earrings, but the color does look stunning here.

 

Virtual Audiences

May 14 and 19: The Queen held virtual audiences from Windsor Castle.

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Guessing game season continues, with possibly a Cambridge Pearl Pendant and possibly a Six Petal Diamond Flower, or something along those lines.

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Three Strand Pearl Necklace

 

Otherwise, a photo of The Queen and The Prince of Wales was released to kick off The Queen's Green Canopy, an initiative to plant trees for Her Maj's Platinum (!) Jubilee in 2022. It was taken in March, at the same time the photos released around Easter were taken.

State Opening of Parliament, and Virtual Audiences

May 11: The Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, traveled to the Palace of Westminster to open the Session of Parliament.

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Another "dressed down" State Opening called for an outfit we saw at Ascot in 2019 (the dress was worn for Prince Philip's 99th birthday picture last year) and a reappearance of the Aquamarine Clip Brooches. It feels like forever since we've seen them but in reality, just a year.

 

BBC screencap

 

Aquamarine Clip Brooches

Queen Mary's Button Earrings

Three Strand Pearl Necklace

 

 

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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were also in attendance, The Duchess wearing The Queen Mother's Rock Crystal Brooch. 

 

 

May 10 and 12: The Queen held virtual audiences from Windsor Castle.

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In other recent news, its a mix of casual and pure brooch guessing for two virtual engagements.

 

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Virtual Audiences

April 27: The Queen held audiences at Buckingham Palace via video link from Windsor Castle. 

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The Queen has resumed public duties with a group of virtual audiences. Her first public engagement after Prince Philip's funeral was this one, with the large Nizam of Hyderabad brooch.

Nizam of Hyderabad Rose Brooch

Queen Mary's Button Earrings

Three Strand Pearl Necklace

 

 

April 29 and May 5: The Queen held more audiences at Buckingham Palace via video link from Windsor Castle.

Credentials are the formal documents signed by their Head of State, confirming that have been chosen for their new role as Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/xWLlTrrW2W

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 29, 2021

 

And for the most recent two, it seems we get to resume the traditional audience brooch guessing.

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