Kate Middleton honours Princess Diana and makes special family tribute during Remembrance Sunday service
The Princess of Wales looked stunning
Princess Kate Middleton joined other members of the royal family at the National Service of Remembrance on Sunday, November 9, at the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
In previous years, Princess Kate has stunned with her appearances. Usually cloaked in all black and sporting a Remembrance poppy pinned to her chest, the princess has also chosen some beautiful and symbolic pieces to compliment her outfits over the years.
Princess Kate’s Remembrance Sunday appearance
This year, Princess Kate subtly paid tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.
Complementing her formal wear, including a striking asymmetrical hat and a lace ruffle scarf at her throat, Kate pearl drop earrings, a family heirloom, which once belonged to Diana.
Princess Kate wore Diana’s Collingwood pearl drop earrings, which belong personally to her and not the royal family.
She even wore them before she became the Princess of Wales.
Princess Kate also wore an RAF brooch, a tribute to her paternal grandfather, Peter Middleton, who served as a fighter pilot during World War II.
Kate’s special tributes
Tobias Kormind, Managing Director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds shared an insight into what sparkling jewels the Princess of Wales could boast today, ahead of the service.
He predicted that she would likely pay tribute to her family members that are no longer with us.
Kormind explained: “For this year’s Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph, the Princess of Wales’ jewellery will undoubtedly be chosen with care and purpose. We can expect her to complement her dark, often military-inspired attire with a pair of elegant pearl earrings, a traditional choice among royal women for solemn occasions.
“In past years, Catherine has worn both the Collingwood and the Bahrain Pearl Earrings, pieces that honoured her late mother-in-law, Diana, Princess of Wales, and the late Queen Elizabeth II, who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War Two, becoming the first female member of the British Royal family to join the armed forces. Alongside minimal accessories, she is likely to wear her customary trio of poppies and the brooch of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, originally crafted for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, symbolising the royal family’s enduring link to the Armed Forces.“
Princess Kate has paid tribute to members of the royal family who are no longer with us by choosing special jewellery that evokes a memory of them.
Princess Kate’s tribute to Queen Elizabeth
In September, Princess Kate paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth with an aspect of her clothing.
The royals gathered at Westminster Cathedral on September 16 where a catholic funeral service took place to lay the late Duchess of Kent to rest after she passed away on September 4.
Princess Kate pulled pieces from her wardrobe that she had already worn, to say goodbye to the Duchess of Kent.
Kate sported a chic, black Catherine Walker coat dress, the same dress that she wore at Prince Philip’s funeral.
She made the outfit look especially chic by wearing sheer black tights and Gianvito Rossi heels.
The focal point of the outfit, however, was her distinctive pillbox hat from Jane Taylor.
The hat in question features a satin bow and a birdcage veil.
Princess Kate previously worn the unique accessory at Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral, where she followed Her Majesty’s coffin on September 19, 2022.
Kate Middleton’s engagement ring
Princess Kate has also worn a number of pieces of jewellery that once belonged to Princess Diana.
Most notably, her engagement ring.
Back in 2010, Prince William proposed to Kate with his late mother Princess Diana’s engagement ring.
It features a 12-carat, oval-cut Ceylon blue sapphire from Sri Lanka.
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