Just days after debuting the Queen’s Cartier Gold and Sapphire Flower Brooches for the Royal Maundy Service at Worcester Cathedral, Queen Camilla has brought out a another royal heirloom for the Easter Sunday Service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle; Queen Mary’s Emerald and Sapphire Flower Brooch!
A striking diamond set within petal soft emerald and sapphires in the shape of a flower, the exact origin of the Brooch is known, and it does not seem to among Queen Mary’s extensive wedding gifts, but seems to have been in her collection during her tenure as Princess of Wales.
Queen Mary most notably wore this Brooch in 1909, when received the Russian Imperial Family on the Isle of Wright during Cowes Week, at which time a series of portraits were taken by Arthur William Debenham.
Upon her death in 1953, the Emerald and Sapphire Flower Brooch was among the jewels left by Queen Mary to her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II, who most notably wore it for the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 1997.
In 2012, the Emerald and Sapphire Flower Brooch was among the jewels photographed for Angela Kelly’s book ‘Dressing The Queen’, being placed between Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch and the Cambridge Pearl Brooch.
Following the late Queen’s death in 2022, the Emerald and Sapphire Flower Brooch was among the massive haul of jewels inherited by King Charles, first appearing on Queen Camilla for the Easter Sunday Service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle today! Let’s hope we see it worn again soon!
Queen Camilla has been debuting several royal heirlooms in recent weeks, which have included the Queen Mother’s Cartier Bracelets, the Greville Ivy Leaf Clips, Queen Alexandra’s Aquamarine and Diamond Brooch, and the Queen’s Cartier Gold and Sapphire Flower Brooches. May this continue!
Credit to British Royal Jewels for first identifying this brooch!
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Burmese Ruby Tiara
The Belgian Sapphire Tiara
Greville Tiara
Delhi Durbar Tiara
Cubitt-Shand Tiara
George IV State Diadem
Queen Mary’s Crown
Greville Festoon Necklace
Coronation Necklace
King George VI Sapphire Suite
Modern Diamond Suite
Diamond Serpent Necklace
Turquoise Suite
Queen Camilla’s Chokers
City of London Fringe Necklace
Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Rivière
South African Diamond Necklace
Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch
Queen Mother’s Diamond Thistle Brooch
Queen Mary’s Russian Sapphire Cluster Brooch
Princess Marie Louise’s Diamond Sunburst Brooch
Queen Mother’s Rock Crystal Brooch
Queen Mary’s Celtic Knot Brooch
Queen Mother’s Cartier Bracelets
Prince of Wales Feathers Brooch
Queen Victoria’s Hessian Diamond Jubilee Brooch
Queen Alexandra’s Ladies of North Wales Leek Brooch
Greville Ivy Leaf Clips
Queen Alexandra’s Aquamarine Brooch
Queen Mary’s Emerald and Sapphire Flower Brooch
Queen’s Cartier Gold and Sapphire Flower Brooches
Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Vladimir Tiara
Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara
Belgian Sapphire Tiara
Burmese Ruby Tiara
Brazilian Aquamarine Tiara
Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara
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