The Queen Attends the Braemar Gathering in Aberdeenshire

Saturday, September 5, 2015

The Queen Attends the Braemar Gathering in Aberdeenshire

Summer event: The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen, Prince Charles, and Autumn and Peter Phillips stood together at the games

The Queen made her traditional annual appearance at the Highland Games today.

The Braemar Gathering is held a short distance from the royals' summer retreat on the Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire.

As patron of the event, the Queen joined thousands of spectators to cheer on competitors in the tossing of the caber and tug-of-war contests.

Click link for full post from The Daily Mail.

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./