The Royal Groom Shakes Hands with Onlookers outside Buckingham Palace.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Royal Groom Shakes Hands with Onlookers outside Buckingham Palace.

Onlookers and revelers camping in front of Westminster Abbey overcrowd a walkway in London, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Revelers are camping out outside the Abbey where Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to get married on Friday, April 29. AP Photo

Queen of Jewelry

Brooches, usually worn on the left shoulder, were a favourite for the royal and the Queen was believed to have over 100 in her collection. A selection that would go with an outfit were presented to her - usually three at a time - by her senior dresser and confidante Angela Kelly on special trays that once belonged to Queen Mary. The royal had a wide variety of different brooches which she often wore with her usual pearl earrings and necklace, including a spray of flowers brooch by the people and government of Australia during her Coronation tour of 1954./