As Princess Elizabeth, the queen's jewelry collection was a largely personal one: mostly gifts from her wedding, birthday presents, and trinkets marking other significant events. Today's brooch is one such gem.
The Flower Basket Brooch |
She wore it for the Charles' first official pictures about a month later, and she still wears it today. We've seen so far in our series that Queen Elizabeth has a tendency to match her colored stone brooches to her clothes in a rather literal fashion, but the many colors in this brooch make it game to be worn with a whole rainbow of outfits.
I always think the success of these multicolored brooches comes down to what color you pin them on: when the color's just right, they are so vibrant, but when it's wrong, the colors just fall flat.
This one's particularly good on red, don't you think?
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