On Sunday, the princess chose a different pair of earrings for the Remembrance Day service. This time, her ears bore drop-style adornments made with pearls given to the then-Princess Elizabeth for her wedding in 1947. Elizabeth, who had the pearls joined with diamonds for the jewelry we see here today, wore the earrings often during the earliest years of her reign. The pair was passed on to Diana after her marriage to Charles, and after Diana’s death in 1997, they were returned to the Queen.
At Sunday’s service at the Cenotaph (which is in Whitehall, near Downing Street), Charles laid the first wreath at the monument for fallen service members. Prince William followed suit with his own wreath, as did Princess Anne.
As is tradition, Kate watched from a balcony attached to the Foreign Office, next to Prince Edward’s wife, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. As of Saturday, Queen Camilla was absent, but according to a statement from Buckingham Palace, Camilla will instead “mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week.”
