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Royal Family Honors Queen Elizabeth II With Heirloom Jewelry at Trooping the Colour

The king’s official birthday parade featured personal remembrances via heirloom jewels from the late monarch’s collection.

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Overview

  • Princess Charlotte paid tribute by wearing the diamond horseshoe brooch gifted by Queen Elizabeth II, which she first donned at the late monarch’s 2022 funeral.
  • The Princess of Wales selected an aqua Catherine Walker coat dress matching the Irish Guards’ plume and accessorized with the Bahrain Pearl Drop earrings from Queen Elizabeth’s collection.
  • Queen Camilla wore the Grenadier Guards badge brooch originally pinned by Queen Elizabeth II, a gem-studded piece bearing King George VI’s cypher.
  • Trooping the Colour retained its traditional military pageantry with more than 1,350 soldiers, 250 horses and an RAF flypast powered by sustainable aviation fuel.
  • A minute of silence was observed during the ceremony to honor the victims of the recent Air India plane crash.