the history and grandeur of the tiaras, garters, gowns and medals the Royal Family wore to dazzle ambassadors at a usually secret Buckingham Palace reception.

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We reveal the finery the royal family turn to for Diplomatic Reception

  • Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge posed for photo 
  • The historic photograph was captured at Buckingham Palace ahead of the annual Diplomatic Reception
  • From a Jenny Packham gown to Order of the Garter insignia and military medals, we look at what each royal wore. Join me kets take a stroll after the cut.
    • Draped in diamonds, the Duchess of Cambridge teamed a Jenny Packham dress - previously worn during the State Visit by President Xi of China - with the Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara
    Kate wears Diana's favorite tiara as the Royal Family pose for first photo ever taken at usually secret Buckingham Palace reception 


     it is only the fifth time that Kate, a future Queen, has been seen wearing one of the Queen’s heirlooms - the first being at her wedding. 
    Kate sparkled as she posed alongside the Queen and the most senior members of her family as they posed for a photograph tonight. 

    But now, in the Queen’s 90th birthday year, officials have decided to release an image of the family group as they prepare to welcome more than a 1,000 guests into the palace – and what an impressive sight they are.
    Each of the three women are wearing evening gowns and tiaras from the Queen’s collection. 
    Last year Kate was spotted en route to the same reception in the diamond and pearl Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara so beloved by William’s late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

    The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall are also wearing The Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II, an honour bestowed on female members of the British Royal Family by the monarch and worn on formal occasions.
    It depicts the Queen as a young woman in evening dress wearing the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter.
    The miniature, painted on ivory, is bordered by diamonds and surmounted by a Tudor Crown in diamonds and red enamel. Its reverse, in silver-gilt, is patterned with rays and depicts the royal cypher and St. Edward's Crown in gold and enamel.

    According to tradition, the Order is worn pinned to the dress of the recipient on the left shoulder with a watered silk ribbon in chartreuse yellow, formed into a bow.


     Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pictured arriving at the Diplomatic Reception
    The diamond and pearl tiara was a wedding gift to the Duke of Cambridge's late mother Diana and was one of her favourites


    source: dailymail.co.uk

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