Queen Elizabeth II - Earrings: June 2009-Dec 2015

[Katrianna]

A Queen can never have too much sparkle.

Amen to that!!!!

 

[muriel]

A Queen can never have too much sparkle.

That line has the potential to become a classic!

 

[noldorlord]

I do believe HM has the gravitas and the poise to carry them off.

As did her grandmother, I thinck she can now wear a few more pieces (at the same time)

 

[muriel]

Queen Elizabeth II Attends The Thistle Service At St Giles' Cathedral - Pictures - Zimbio

Its been a while since I have seen HM wear the earrings she used at the Order of the Thistle

 

[NoorMeansLight]

^ I believe it's been a while since HM has worn long/big earrings in general. They look very regal IMO.

 

[Elly C]

I think these are the antique diamond girandole earrings (pictured in Leslie Field on page 56 & 57.) This is the second time in recent weeks HM has worn some impressive diamond drop earrings. Long may it continue.

 

[muriel]

Lovely to see HM pull out these lovely old pieces, which we thought we were unlikely to see her again in!

 

[QueenElizabeth]

I think the last time she wore these antique girandole earrings on the State Banquet in Slovakia two years ago. I am not sure whether we know anything about its provenance, but they really ressemble the earrings she wore in Canada, the wedding present of her father. I think these are not the same?

 

[muriel]

The earrings HM wore in Canada were the Greville chandelier earrings that the Hon Mrs Greville left to the Queen Mother in her will. They were not these girandole earrings.

I have also had a look at older pictures from the trip to Slovakia and do not think the girandole earrings were worn there.

 

[QueenElizabeth]

Indeed, you are right; I am wrong. The Queen wore another pair of earrings; but even those earrings don't have a known provenance.

 

[joye]

The antique girandole earrings probably date back to Queen Victoria. A triple pendant design that she was partial to 100 years ago.

 

[muriel]

Indeed, you are right; I am wrong. The Queen wore another pair of earrings; but even those earrings don't have a known provenance.

Agreed, the ones from Slovakia were one of the many sets of hanging diamond earrings HM has, often paired with a number of similar styled necklaces.

 

[Elly C]

How about we gather together some pics of all the gorgeous diamond droppers we can find & drool! Here's one of my favourite pairs for starters

Diamond pear shaped pendant earrings

 

[jonc93]

How about we gather together some pics of all the gorgeous diamond droppers we can find & drool!

Here's my favorite.
Royal Collection - A Royal Wedding

 

[muriel]

These are loevly, and how wonderful to see HM use them again recently (in Canada) after such a long time.

 

[NoorMeansLight]

Classic beauties, Elly C!! I'm drooling already!!

 

[muriel]

I really do think that HM has recently had an afternoon of rummaging around her jewel rooms and picked out a number of golden oldies, including the Greville chandelier earrings, the girandole earrings, the fringe tiara from her wedding, a number of interesting brooches (including ione yesterday, and the Star brooch worn at the reception for the Sarkozy's last seen in 1937)... how wonderful for us all!

 

[rubies]

I so agree muriel!! It seems she went for a while wearing the same things over and over (not that I'm ever dissapointed) but I love seeing "new" things or at least pieces that have been alone in a drawer for a long time!!!!!!

 

[muriel]

I so agree muriel!! It seems she went for a while wearing the same things over and over (not that I'm ever dissapointed) but I love seeing "new" things or at least pieces that have been alone in a drawer for a long time!!!!!!

Exactly, I just hope this steady stream of "new" old jewels continues for some time.

 

[ada]

Queen Elizabeth II Attends The Thistle Service At St Giles' Cathedral - Pictures - Zimbio

Its been a while since I have seen HM wear the earrings she used at the Order of the Thistle

Thank you for bringing these earrings to our attention muriel. I never even noticed when I looked at these pics the first time.

 

[Duchessmary]

Oooh those are gorgeous!!

 

[NoorMeansLight]

I agree, they're magnificent! Did these earrings belong to the Queen Mother? Does anyone know?

 

[muriel]

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The girandarole earrings were out again Abu Dhabi

 

[Duchessmary]

Gorgeous! HM looks almost girlish in the pic.

 

[Katrianna]

That is not a beautiful picture of Her Majesty's earrings, but a gorgeous one of the Queen herself. I love it!
Oops! I meant to say it's not only a beautiful picture of the earrings, but also of Her Majesty.

 

[Elly C]

A rare sighting of amethyst - I think these are the Kent demi-parure

Amethysts

 

[joye]

These are the Crown Rubies, that The Queen Mother wore, until her death. The Queen first wore these Crown Rubies in Malta.

 

[salma]

Abu Dhabi & Oman 2010:
Pic1 * Pic2

 

[Elly C]

Just looking at the earrings that the Queen wore to the Pre Wedding dinner for the Royal Wedding - not a pair I am familiar with.

Mirror

 

[Warren]

They form part of a diamonds-set-in-gold "tassel" parure sometimes referred to as the 'King Hassan lace diamonds'.
HM first wore the parure in Morocco some years ago.