Meghan Markle & Kate Middleton Honor Queen With Jewelry astatine Procession

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are paying subtle tribute to the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

For the precocious Queen's funeral connected Sept. 19 (you tin ticker the services here), the Princess of Wales and Duchess of Sussex each donned jewelry talented to them by the precocious monarch. Kate wore pearl driblet earrings and a four-strand pearl and diamond choker, the second which she has worn during galore occasions implicit the years.

Kate archetypal wore the priceless necklace successful 2017, during the Queen and Prince Philip's 70th day celebrations, aboriginal donning it for Prince Philip's ceremonial successful 2021. 

The pearls from the choker were reportedly talented to the Queen by the Japanese authorities successful the 1970s. The precocious monarch wore the necklace respective times passim her life, including to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 70th day enactment successful 1995. 

As for the earrings, those were a wedding acquisition to Queen Elizabeth from the Hakim of Bahrain. Notably, Princess Diana also wore some the necklace and earrings for aggregate authorities events, including connected a authorities sojourn with the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix in 1982.

Since the Queen's decease connected Sept. 8, the royal household has paid tribute to their beloved grandma successful galore ways, including done their mourning outfits. 

Buckingham Palace confirmed Kate was wearing the Queen's favourite three-strand pearl necklace to a reception for the governors-general of the Commonwealth nations Sept. 17.

The Queen wore the pearls astir daily, adjacent sporting them successful her last-ever portrait, which was released connected Sept. 17, the eve of her funeral. According to Buckingham Palace, the photograph of the beaming Queen was taken earlier this twelvemonth to people the Platinum Jubilee.