Princess Dianna’s memory still lingers on in Britain and when Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, wore Diana’s diamond brooch at Cheltenham Festival’s Ladies Day yesterday, the media pounced.
It was a gift from Charles and was previously worn by Diana as a necklace after she received it from the Queen Mother. She loved to wear it with a pair of diamond and emerald earrings given to her by Charles as a wedding gift.
The diamond brooch has a long history. It was originally given as a wedding gift to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she married Bertie, Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward V11 in 1863. It bears the three-feathered insignia of the Prince of Wales inside a diamond-set circle, and features a cabouchon emerald pendant suspended from the bottom.
When Queen Alexandra died in 1925, the brooch was handed down to her daughter-in-law Queen Mary and then on to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother gave it to Diana on her marriage to Prince Charles. All royal heirlooms are owned by the British monarch and after Diana’s tragic death, it was handed back to the Queen. Now Camilla has it.
May she wear it in good health.
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