Queen's Jewels Will Go on Display This Summer at Buckingham Palace

Monday, January 2, 2012

Queen's Jewels Will Go on Display This Summer at Buckingham Palace

Caption: Treasure: This snuff box made for King Frederick the Great of Prussia, c.1770-75 will be among the attractions.

In a fitting tribute to the monarch's Diamond Jubilee, the Royal Collection is putting on a breathtaking exhibition of diamonds borrowed from the Royal collection.

The display will charting the gemstone's association with British monarchs during the last 200 years.

The exhibition, which will be the focal point of the Palace's 2012 summer opening, will include an unprecedented display of some of the Sovereign's personal jewels.

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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./