Future Queen Kate Middleton received ‘seal of regal approval’ from Her Majesty

[Music] members of the royal family attended a slimmed down funeral on saturday after the duke of edinburgh died aged 99 earlier this month the duchess of cambridge wore an iconic pearl choker necklace with diamond and pearl drop earrings from the queen's [Music] collection daniella elser australian royal columnist said the jewelry served as a priceless seal of approval from her majesty she wrote on news.com.eu if there was any doubt about the queen's feelings about her granddaughter-in-law then the four-strand diamond-clasped pearl choker and diamond earrings which were worn by kate and lent to her by her majesty served as a priceless seal of regal approval [Music] the choker was commissioned by the queen in the 70s and in 1982 diana princess of wales donned the piece for a banquet for the dutch royal family [Music] according to experts pearls hold a historical royal tradition spanning back thousands of years [Music] leslie field the author of the queen's jewels told people pearls are traditional for queens going back 1000 years there has never been a queen who didn't wear pearls [Music] they were rare beautiful and lustrous and the more you wear them the more lusters they become pearls are also often referred to as morning jewelry through a tradition that dates back to queen victoria [Music] after her husband prince albert died the queen famously wore black for 40 years she paired her outfits with either colorless or black jewelry including pearls which are thought to symbolize tears [Music] queen victoria wore strands of pearls for the rest of her life kate's pearl choker was commissioned by queen elizabeth ii and made using pearls gifted by the japanese government [Music] the duchess previously borrowed the necklace to celebrate her majesty's 70th wedding anniversary to prince philip [Music] ms elser also said that kate showed true leadership during the funeral by putting any alleged tensions aside [Music] relations between prince harry and his brother prince william have reportedly been tense since the successes tell all interview with oprah winfrey last month [Music] the duke of sussex returned to the uk last week to attend the funeral alongside the cambridges but the duchess put whatever her own personal feelings aside for the better of the crown and the family at a critical moment says the royal expert [Music] she added like the queen mother during the london blitz that selflessness will go a long way to garnering public respect and to adding a much needed modicum of dignity to proceedings after the grubby eruptions of the last couple of years [Music] you

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Published: Wed Apr 21 2021