Speaking of which... As the most jeweled old lady in the world, it goes without saying that Queen Elizabeth of England has a deep love for brooches. Whether she is attending daytime official duties or attending state receptions, you can always see it. She wears a brooch on her left shoulder.

Brooches are known as flowers that bloom in the heart. Wearing meaningful brooches on specific occasions makes jewelry become "a language" and is also a well-known secret of the Queen.

Throughout the past few decades, the British royal family has held many weddings. The Queen will also wear her favorite jewelry, send her blessings to the newlyweds, and welcome the newlyweds to join the royal family and become part of the Windsor family.

These weddings also help us open the Queen’s jewelry box. If we want to see how rich the British royal family is, it’s better to start from the corner of this ice (breast) mountain (needle).

The Queen has worn a bow brooch four times at weddings (only the weddings mentioned in this article). Bows have a very beautiful meaning in Chinese, symbolizing love, love, and complex. "The heart is like two silk threads." "There are thousands of knots in the net." The literal meaning is a sentimental love story.

It also has a similar meaning in the West, because in terms of shape, it is "tied" together with ribbons, and when used on a brooch, it expresses a playful side, and because the brooch is close to each other when worn The position of the heart, so it often has the meaning of "love" and "true love".

At the wedding of her sister, Princess Margaret, the Queen wore a bow brooch.

This brooch was purchased by the Queen's grandmother Queen Mary from Canard Jewelry in the 1930s. It has a touching name - The True Lover's Knot. After Queen Mary's death, this brooch was The brooch was left directly to the eldest granddaughter, and it is also the largest bow-tie brooch owned by the Queen.

In 2011, at the wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton, the Queen also wore this large brooch, paired with a bright and breezy yellow suit, sending "true love blessings" to the couple ".

The second bow brooch worn at the wedding was the Dorset Bow Brooch. This brooch was a wedding gift to Queen Mary from Dorset in 1893. . Made by jeweler Carrington, the materials include gold, silver and diamonds. The shape is very smart and the materials used seem to be cost-effective.

When Queen Elizabeth got married, her grandmother, Queen Mary, gave her this brooch as a wedding gift. At the wedding of her only daughter, Princess Anne, the Queen wore this bow brooch. Although this marriage did not last forever in the end, the initial blessings were still good~ It can be seen that the queen is really happy to marry her daughter.

Although everyone in the European royal family has been a family for several generations, the Queen rarely attends the weddings of foreign royal members, with the exception of the weddings of relatives in Greece.

Greece is Prince Philip's "natal home", and the then Crown Prince of Greece, Parovs, also lived in the UK. The Queen, to show her husband some face, also wore a bow brooch to attend this "family" wedding.

What I am wearing this time is the Kensington Bow Brooch. This brooch was made by the jewelry company Collingwood & Co. and is a gift of the Kensington Wedding Gift Foundation (what department is this? ) as a wedding gift to (later) Queen Mary in 1893. The main body is composed of gold, silver and diamonds, with a detachable Baroque pearl hanging on the bow.

Queen Mary is the daughter of Princess Adelaide of Cambridge. She was born in Kensington Palace, so she was particularly fond of this brooch, and later left it directly to her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth.

ps: Among the three bow brooches, regardless of the concept, this brooch is my favorite. It is detachable, which means it can be worn in many ways, and the shape is exquisite and smart. It may also be used as a hairpin. Clip it on and wear it~

In addition to using a bow brooch to send blessings to the newlyweds, the Queen also used pink diamond roses full of girly hearts to send beautiful wishes to her two daughters-in-law.

At the weddings of her eldest son, Prince Charles, and her youngest son, Prince Edward, the Queen wore a Williamson pink diamond rose brooch (Williamson pink diamond brooch). This brooch was designed and made by Cartier, with a flower in the heart. The rough pink diamond was a wedding gift from Canadian geologist Williamson to Queen Elizabeth. Later, Cartier designed it to look like an alpine rose and used a round brilliant-cut pink diamond as the center of the rose.

At the wedding of Prince Charles, the Queen wore a light blue dress and paired a double-layered pearl necklace with a pink diamond rose brooch.

Later, when Prince Edward and Sophie Jones got married, the Queen wore a light purple suit and paired this brooch with a pearl necklace.

When Prince Charles got married for the second time, the brooch worn by the Queen was not so girlish and did not have so many blessings. Instead, the brooch was used to convey the spirit of "service".

This brooch (The Australian Wattle Brooch) was a gift received by the Queen during her visit to Australia in February 1954. It was made by the Australian jewelry company William Drummond. It is made of platinum and set with diamonds and Huang Diamond, everyone knows that Australia is one of the Commonwealth countries, and it must "bow down" to the Queen. The meaning is self-evident.

In addition to wearing Camilla's wedding, the Queen has also worn this brooch when visiting Sydney, attending church services, and delivering Christmas speeches.

At the wedding of Prince Harry and Miss Meghan Markle in 2018, the Queen wore a pearl and diamond brooch. The pearls and diamonds were arranged more compactly. This brooch also came from the Queen’s grandmother, Queen Mary. , the name is Richmond Diamond Pearl Brooch

However, the brooch did not originally look like this. The Queen wore an incomplete version with the pendant removed at Meghan's wedding. .

This brooch was a wedding gift from the town of Richmond to Queen Mary. It originally looked like this. After Queen Mary died, the brooch was left to Queen Elizabeth. The Queen toured the Commonwealth countries after she ascended the throne. I wore it when I was young, and then I kept it on the bottom of the box. I turned it out and wore it again when I got older. Personally, I think it looks better with a pendant.

Last year was the wedding of the Queen's last niece, Miss Kent Gabriella. Although the Queen did not like her cousin's wife, she still attended her niece's wedding to give her face.

At this wedding, she wore a palm leaf brooch. This brooch came from the Queen’s mother, Queen Elizabeth, and was made by Cartier. The Queen Mother loved this brooch very much throughout her life. At her husband’s funeral This palm leaf brooch was also worn by the Queen. Because of this, the Queen later wore this brooch when she received Trump, which was interpreted as a sign of not welcoming him.

Anyway, with brightly colored clothes, it looks okay~

After talking about daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, daughter, sister, let’s talk about the third generation of the queen, logically She also talks about her three most beloved babies: granddaughter Zara, granddaughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.

Beatrice got married during the epidemic this year. There was no horse-drawn carriage parade, no cheering from the public, and no guests from all over the world. The queen’s grandmother borrowed both a dress and a crown, but there was nothing special about her jewelry. She was very particular, she wore a rose brooch, and after attending the wedding, she returned to Windsor Castle to receive an honorary medal~

Her only granddaughter Zara was married in Scotland, and the Queen wore a diamond scallop brooch. The brooch comes from the Queen’s mother and is also a real “hard product”!

There are densely arranged diamonds on the "shell". There is a pearl in the middle, and there are strings of diamonds connected below. I am superficial, but I think it is very valuable just by looking at it~

This one The brooch was made by Sir Courtauld-Thomson in 1919. Later, Sir Courtauld-Thomson's sister (or sister) left it to the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, who wore this brooch during her 100th birthday celebration.

In addition, the Queen Mother is also a Scottish aristocrat and has a long life and a blessed life. This scallop brooch looks like "you are the treasure in my heart". The treatment of her granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law is still not good. Same~

Of course~ if we talk about being "trendy", talking about a girl's heart, and talking about showing face to her precious granddaughter, then Eugenie is the most popular among grandma's hearts.

Princess Eugenie is the second daughter of the Queen’s beloved son, Prince Andrew. Her wedding date was originally in May 2018. Later, in order to make way for Harry and Meghan, the wedding date was adjusted to October; she is still a The princess from the side prince's family will naturally not be as grand as Harry's wedding; plus her parents are divorced, so it's normal for grandma to want to show preference.

The Queen wore a Cullinan V Heart brooch that day. The Cullinan V Heart brooch in the middle weighed 18.8 carats and looked like a pair of hands holding one. Heart-shaped diamond?

When Eugenie’s father, Prince Andrew, was christened in 1960, the Queen also wore this brooch. From her son to her granddaughter, it was a treasure in the palm of her hand~

12 A wedding, 10 brooches. Brooches cannot speak originally, but because of the wearer’s past, experience, and story, the jewelry not only sparkles, but also has its own emotions and language.

The Queen’s presence at the wedding is the best blessing to the couple, and with the language of jewelry, it makes this visit even more story-telling.

So here comes the final question, which of these 10 brooches do you like best?