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| Queen Elizabeth II hosts a garden party at Buckingham Palace (Photo: JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images) |
Queen Elizabeth II hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon, and she wore one of the earliest major additions to her jewelry box: the Flame Lily Brooch.
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| Photo: JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images |
The diamond and platinum brooch was a 21st birthday gift; it was a present for the then-Princess Elizabeth from schoolchildren in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). It was also the first brooch she wore in public after her unexpected accession to the throne in 1952.
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