The British royal family celebrated Christmas this year at Sandringham in Norfolk, and the Queen and the Princess of Wales led the pack of royal jewelry-wearers at the traditional church service at nearby St. Mary Magdalene.
The King and Queen hosted numerous members of their family for Christmas at Sandringham this year. For the traditional walk to church at nearby St. Mary Magdalene, they were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales with their children; the Princess Royal with her children and grandchildren; the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh with their children; Princess Beatrice with her family; and the Earl of Snowdon and Lady Sarah Chatto with her family.
Queen Camilla was elegant in green for the church service, accessorized with fabulous antique diamonds and pearls. She wore her favorite diamond and pearl drop earrings with the Greville Ivy Leaf Clips. She pinned the brooches on either side of her collar.
As their name suggests, the Cartier clip brooches were part of the famous jewelry bequest left to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Dame Margaret Greville. The Queen Mother gave them to her daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II, as a 21st birthday present in 1947.
Elizabeth II wore the brooches for the rest of her very long life, and after her death, they passed into the collection of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. She wore the clips for the first time in public at a memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece in February 2024.
Princess Catherine sparkled in a new pair of diamond and blue topaz earrings for the church service. In this picture, you’ll also spot gold and pearl necklaces peeking out from the neckline of her sweater.
UFO No More tells us that the earrings are the Daystar Blue Topaz Earrings from Robinson Pelham. Kate has several other Robinson Pelham pieces in her collection, including her diamond wedding earrings, diamond star earrings, a pair of modern open statement earrings, a small diamond fern brooch, and blue topaz girandoles.
The Duchess of Edinburgh wore blue for Christmas, accessorized with a necklace and matching earrings. The cluster jewels appear to be part of the same coordinating suite.
Sophie’s daughter, Lady Louise Windsor, wore some interesting jewels as well, including a necklace with a jeweled pendant and a pair of hammered gold disc earrings.
Princess Beatrice, who pierced her ears for the first time earlier this year, wore a major pair of earrings on Christmas Day. The double cluster earrings appear to be set with peridots and diamonds. Peridot is the traditional birthstone for August babies, and Beatrice was born on August 8. (The double cluster also looks a little like a figure 8, doesn’t it?)
Princess Anne wore bright, festive red for the Christmas church service. She added extra interest with gold and pearl earrings and a gold and pearl knot brooch.
Her daughter, Zara Phillips Tindall, wore a pair of gold statement earrings with her eggplant-colored coat and head ornament for the traditional church service.
Lady Sarah Chatto, Princess Margaret’s daughter, has been remarkably good at evading the cameras lately. This little glimpse is the best I can do at the moment. She appears to be wearing diamond earrings for the day.
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