Trooping the Colour - The Queen's Official Birthday

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Trooping the Colour - The Queen's Official Birthday

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace in a open horse drawn carriage on her way to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark her official birthday, in London, Saturday, June 11, 2011. 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./