Overview
- Queen Camilla, at Tuesday’s third Buckingham Palace garden party, wore the Queen Mother’s Cartier palm leaf brooch as she and the King greeted frontline workers.
- The 1938 Cartier piece, shaped like a curved palm leaf and set with 203 diamonds in platinum, was made for the Queen Mother and later worn by Queen Elizabeth II.
- Her recent jewelry choices continue a pattern of using family heirlooms, with the same brooch seen at March’s Commonwealth Day service and Queen Mother–designed Cartier bracelets worn at April’s White House banquet.
- The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester joined the hosts, while the Prince and Princess of Wales did not attend, with Catherine preparing for Italy and William on duties at Windsor.
- HELLO! reports the brooch carries a reported value of £50,000 and also notes a separate brooch said to be a gift from First Lady Melania Trump during the state visit, estimated at £30,000.