Duchess of Cambridge Jewellery 2: December 2011 -

[AdmirerUS]

We now understand while all the tiaras, necklaces, etc. are loans form the Queen (the crown) and not gifts to Camilla, Sophie, et al.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by AdmirerUS

We now understand while all the tiaras, necklaces, etc. are loans form the Queen (the crown) and not gifts to Camilla, Sophie, et al.

It is not because of any purported tax calculation, but essentially to keep the royal collection intact across generations.

[MARG]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Why should she be remembered for jewels that aren't hers? Of all the things to be remembered for, jewels aren't high on the list.

Perhaps not. But this is a jewellery thread and many, many past royals have been rembered for their style as well as their substance.

[COESpiral]

Originally Posted by buckquinton

Dman, I agree with padams2359. Catherine is young, she has a very elegant neck but now is not the time to wear jewels. She must prove she deserve them

I'm sorry, but what does this mean? She has to prove she deserves them? In what way? She's the wife of the grandson of the Queen and will one day be Queen Consort herself. What else does she have to do to "deserve" to wear jewelry?

[Spheno]

Originally Posted by muriel

It is not because of any purported tax calculation, but essentially to keep the royal collection intact across generations.

Queen Alexandra and queen Mary divided their jewels between children.

[RoyalMess]

Originally Posted by Spheno

Queen Alexandra and queen Mary divided their jewels between children.

Yes, and look how many important, historical pieces have left the family because of it.

[IloveCP]

I wonder when Catherine will wear the Polar Bear brooch. I find it very pretty!

[martina]

It´s realy pretty brooch. I would like see it on her.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by IloveCP

I wonder when Catherine will wear the Polar Bear brooch. I find it very pretty!

I suspect it will be at a Canada related event, or when she goes back to Canada.

[AnnEliza]

Originally Posted by martina

It´s realy pretty brooch. I would like see it on her.

It is very very pretty.

[muriel]

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee: the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Malaysia - Telegraph

Just querying whether any of you think that Catherine is wearing her wedding earrings in the picture above from Malaysia. This was the day that the story about the topless pictures had broken.

[annaelfka]

Catherine hasn't worn her wedding earrings in public since wedding. Those are new earrings, first worn at that tour, you can view them in my album. I haven't been able to ID those so far.
Kate's UFO jewelry | Facebook

[PrincessofEurope]

How Kate Middleton's £48 fake pearls transformed a family's fortunes | Mail Online

Absoultely love this company and the jewellery they make - and Kate's earrings are beautiful. Sophie Wessex is a fan as well - she wears quite a few pieces from the collections

[annaelfka]

That is my regret, that they cut Sophie from this article. I am huge fan of hers, and she has exact same earrings...

[PrincessofEurope]

I know and i think Sophie was wearing them before Kate (although the first time Kate wore them was actually at the B Palace wedding dress exhibtion with the Queen in July 2010). I guess Sophie juss doesnt sell stories - but it is lovely to see this small business doing so well as a result

[Duke-of-Earl]

Its not that Sophie doesn't sell stories but the whole gist of the article is about the 'Kate Effect' and the phenomenon of jewellery and articles of clothing selling out almost instantly after Kate is spotted wearing them.
Like I posted in another thread, there just isn't any equivalent 'Sophie Effect'

[annaelfka]

I agree BUT Daily Mail knew about Sophie, but dropped this part, they were going to mention me, anyway... It's the press that creates the Kate-effect, if they would cover Kate as poorely as Sophie, who would be aware of her?
I think they are using her the same as they did with Diana.

As for those earrings, I first saw them at Kate to the exhibit you mention, but it was 2011, not 2010. At Sophie in February/March 2012 during West Indies tour. But again, Sophie is so poorely covered that she might wore them sooner.

[Duchessmary]

I still wish that Kate would wear some of her late mother-in-law's pearl earrings. They would look knock out.

[annaelfka]

I finally managed to do great close ups of Catherine UFO jewellery from Diamond Jubilee Lunch that was back in April 2012.
Her brooch is in fact oak leaf with 3 acorns made of pearls. I would say it is bespoke piece symbolizing her coat of arms, 3 pearls (Kate, Pippa, James??), not sure. But I'm sure it was made for her.
Kate's UFO jewelry | Facebook

and earrings:
Kate's UFO jewelry | Facebook
She wore them only twice in 2010 and then on 2012.

[Osipi]

Originally Posted by annaelfka

Her brooch is in fact oak leaf with 3 acorns made of pearls. I would say it is bespoke piece symbolizing her coat of arms, 3 pearls (Kate, Pippa, James??), not sure. But I'm sure it was made for her.
Kate's UFO jewelry | Facebook

If I remember right, around the period of the wedding when the Middleton coat of arms came to be know, it was stated that the acorns indeed stand for the Middleton's three children. I would wager its a bespoke piece too as it so closely resembles the Middleton's coat of arms.