This royal inherited Queen Elizabeth’s most iconic jewelry (Not Camilla or Kate) (2024)

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This royal inherited Queen Elizabeth’s most iconic jewelry (Not Camilla or Kate)? ›

Princess Anne inherited her mother's favourite piece of jewellery – her iconic three-strand pearl necklace.

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of Elizabeth's most recognisable pieces of jewellery due to its widespread appearance in portraits of the monarch on British banknotes and coinage. Elizabeth II's daughter-in-law, Queen Camilla wore this tiara for the first time when she visited Mansion House in 2023.

While Kate inherited $110 million in jewelry from the Queen, that collection did not include the Spencer tiara, a diamond-encrusted crown inherited by William's late mother, Princess Diana, in the mid-1970s. Diana wore the tiara in her wedding to King Charles—then Prince Charles—in 1981.

Japanese Pearl Choker - £23,000

The Princess of Wales wore the Queen's Japanese Pearl Choker from the late Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection to celebrate the coronation earlier this year. The four-strand pearl choker is fastened with an ornate central diamond clasp made by Garrard, the Crown Jeweller.

The Greville Festoon Necklace: $8.2 million

This Cartier necklace was handed down to the Queen, and since then Queen Camilla has worn it many times. The five-strand necklace is around 250 to 300 carats, with the main stone in the necklace being five carats alone.

Royal historian Robert Lacey clarified in his book, Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult, that the reason Queen Elizabeth had rejected Meghan's first choice was a reasonable one: because the emerald tiara was said to have been possibly Russian, meaning that it could have been ...

THE GEORGE VI SAPPHIRES

This parure continues to be a favorite, worn in pieces or as a set. Queen Elizabeth II also wore this set for her photo during her sapphire jubilee.

After the princess' death, most of her personal jewelry was inherited by her two sons Princes William and Harry, with pieces loaned to her during her lifetime being returned to Queen Elizabeth II, where they are most likely to have been inherited by King Charles in 2022.

Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales inherited plenty of jewels from the late monarch.

Not only does William have more money than Prince Harry for reasons that would cause any family to feud, but he's about to get even richer too.

Did Meghan get any of the Queen's jewelry? ›

Meghan is still duch*ess of Sussex, but has no right to borrow the royal tiaras and gems the way her rivals do. All Meghan has is a pair of modest pearl and diamond earrings that Queen Elizabeth gave her.

It's more than likely that a piece that special was left to someone outside of that aforementioned pecking order entirely: Queen Elizabeth's daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal.

It was reported that she was buried with the welsh gold wedding band that Prince Philip gave her, and a pair of pearl earrings. Is the Queen's Royal Crown buried with her as is done in other cultures, or do they put it in some type of museum? Absolutely not.

Queen Camilla

Known as “the Coronation Necklace”, it was originally created for Queen Victoria in 1858 and is made of a total of 26 diamonds – including a giant 22.48-carat pendant called the Lahore diamond. Our experts estimate the necklace to carry a value of £72,000 ($90,000).

Akash Ambani's wife Shloka Mehta owns the world's most expensive necklace, gifted to her by Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, which has the world's largest internally flawless diamond. Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani are one of the richest people in the world.

Edward's Crown is worth $57 million, and the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross is worth $400 million. Tiaras are some of the most iconic crown jewels, but they aren't always the most expensive. A more valuable piece in the larger collection of the Crown Jewels is Queen Elizabeth II's Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace.

Weight: Originally around 186 carats, the Kohinoor Diamond holds an extraordinary place in history. Value: Considered the world's most expensive diamond, with an estimated price tag of around USD 20 billion.

The Lahore Diamond, just like the Kohinoor, has a controversial past. While the Kohinoor was left out of the ceremony, the Lahore Diamond, which is worth USD 12 million or Rs 98 crore, was worn by the new Queen as part of the Royal Family tradition.

While many of Queen Elizabeth's most prized possessions have been handed down to King Charles III and the Queen Consort, other members of the royal family have been photographed wearing historic pieces from her collection.