The Queen Welcomes IOC to Buckingham Palace

Monday, July 23, 2012

The Queen Welcomes IOC to Buckingham Palace

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 23: Queen Elizabeth II is presented with a set of Olympic medals by President of the International Olympic Committee Count Jacques Rogge at a reception for members of the International Olympic Committee at Buckingham Palace on July 23, 2012 in London, England. Getty Images The London 2012 Shop Effervescence Bubble Stiletto Earrings

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./