by Kate Middleton has long used Sartorial Messaging to convey and pay homage to certain members of the British royal family since she came into the company in April 2011 when she married Prince William. Over the past few years, the Princess of Wales has used her style to honor members of the royal family as her late mother -in -law, Princess Diana.
Sentimental jewelry plays an important role in the way Kate Middleton Princess Diana honors. The Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings are just a certain accessory that she inherited from Princess Diana and wore it several times. So what is the story behind these earrings? How often did Princess Diana wore her and when was Kate recently seen in the accessories?
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When did Princess Diana wore the Collingwood Pearl earrings for the first time?
Princess Diana wore the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings before her wedding in July 1981 with the then Prince Charles. The earrings are equipped with a diamond bolt through which an additional small three-row cap of diamonds is hung on a white pearl in the form of a tear drop.
In June 1981, Diana carried the earrings to a banquet for King Khalid of Saudi Arabia in the Claridges Luxury Hotel. The early princess of Wales wore a voluminous dress with dabs and rifles that were missing. She also denoted a statement necklace with her Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings.
How often did Princess Diana wore the Collingwood Pearl earrings?
In the years in which Diana made the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings, the late member of the British royal family continued to carry the jewelry for several occasions.
In December 1984 Princess Diana carried the earrings with a champagne dress with all-over shimmering details and an arch in the waist. She was wearing the look for a charity gala performance of “Starlight Express”.
In June 1994, the earrings entered the global spotlight when the princess spent her with her black Christina Stamboulian “Revenge Dress” when she took part in the Vality Fair Party in the Serpentine Gallery. The next day, Diana’s legendary dress made global headlines and overshadowed Prince Charles’ confession on TV about his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles and dominated the title pages of international newspapers the next day.
Princess Diana carried the earrings well into the 90s. During her trip to the Brazil, the late Princess of Wales wore the earrings again with a shimmering Tiara and a perfect, asymmetrical pressure dress with the kind approval of Catherine Walker-a favorite designer of Princess Diana.
After the tragic death of Princess Diana in August 1997, several pieces of jewelry were left to their sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. Over the years, both the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex gave their respective women, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, such sentimental jewelry. Kate inherited the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings.
When did Kate Middleton first wore the Collingwood Pearl earrings?
The assumption could allegedly be made that Kate Middleton received the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings in 2017 or after her marriage to Prince William in April 2011. In July 2017, the Duchess of Cambridge then carried the earrings for two separate events: a ceremony in the Tyne Cot Commonwesalth was a graves-graves-graves-cover and in a Banetier in Bucke.
The Princess of Wales often uses the jewelry to honor Princess Diana’s memory. In recent years, the royal have designed the earrings for significant occasions in their own lives.
Did Kate Middleton wore the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings for special occasions?
For the 40th birthday portrait of Cambridge in January 2022, Middleton wore a shoulder -free tulle dress with collected band details, which was designed by Sarah Burton by Alexander McQueen. Burton served as creative director of the fashion label by 2023 and designed Kate Middleton’s wedding dress from 2011.
Jewelry that was occasionally seen in the portrait of Paolo Roversi, included the sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which once belonged to Princess Diana during her engagement and marriage to the then Prince Charles and the Collingwood Pearl drop earrings.
When was the last time Kate Middleton carried the Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings?
The last time Middleton was wearing Collingwood Pearl Drop earrings was on March 10 in London for the Commonwealth Day Service in Westminster Abbey. The Princess of Wales combined the earrings with a Catherine Walker dress in a bright red shadow with a twisted sheet effect near the section.
She also designed a few Gianvito Rossi-top-to-wild leather sales and wore a small red coupling with the kind permission of Miu Miu. Middleton started her clothes with a hat with a kind approval of Gina Foster in Red. Together with the Collingwood Pearl Drop -earrings from Princess Diana’s collection, Middleton wore the Japanese Pearl Choker by Queen Elizabeth II.
However, the audience with eagle eyes noticed that the Collingwood Pearl drop earrings were missing a rather important detail. At the lowest level of the earring, to which pearl was connected to the tear shape, a diamond was missing that left an empty space. It is not clear when the diamond was missing in the earring, but it was a noticeable change to give speculation.
Nevertheless, the diamond was missing or not, the Princess of Wales wore the earrings for an important public royal occasion and honored the princess Diana again.
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