The Princess of Wales attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
The British royals were out and about at a garden party at Buckingham Palace yesterday, with the Princess of Wales wearing a very special pair of earrings for the occasion.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
The Prince and Princess of Wales hosted Tuesday’s garden party at the palace, assisted by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Eugenie, and Zara Tindall.
The Princess of Wales attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
Kate wore a special pair of diamond earrings with the outfit. These diamond earrings, which feature tiny pavé-set acorns in a pear-shaped frame, are the same ones that she wore on her wedding day in April 2011.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge travel from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace after their royal wedding on April 29, 2011 (Mike Egerton/PA Images/Alamy)
The earrings were made by Robinson Pelham, and the acorns are a reference to her father’s coat of arms. Kate’s only worn the earrings on a handful of occasions over the years, and it’s wonderful to see her bring them out again.
The Prince of Wales attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
Prince William also included a small bejeweled touch in his garden party ensemble: a little tie pin with links to his royal ancestors.
The Prince of Wales attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
Here’s a closer look at the tie pin. It features a royal cypher—that of his great-grandfather, King George VI, I believe—surrounded by the Garter. Lots of the Windsor men wear George VI tie pins, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the Queen Mother may have been involved in distributing them.
The Duchess of Edinburgh attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
I wasn’t able to get a good look at the tie pin worn by the Duke of Edinburgh, but we did get this excellent view of the floral dress with crystal neckline embellishment worn by his Duchess. Sophie accessorized with a pair of leafy pendant earrings from her jewelry box.
The Duchess of Gloucester attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
The Duchess of Gloucester retained her title as the Most Elegant British Royal Lady at Tuesday’s garden party, wearing diamond and pearl drop earrings and a row of pearls with a blue coat. She also added another bejeweled touch: one of her rock crystal and diamond circle brooches, worn as a “button” on the coat.
Princess Eugenie attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
There were also two delightful garden party appearances from the Prince of Wales’s cousins on Tuesday. Here’s Princess Eugenie, wearing classic polka dots with a substantial new pair of earrings.
Zara Tindall attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 20, 2025 (Aaron Chown/PA Images/Alamy)
Also greeting guests at the garden party was Zara Tindall, the Princess Royal’s daughter. She wore a floral dress with a pair of earrings from one of her go-to brands, Calleija. (Zara has her own line with the company, Zara Tindall by Calleija.)
Calleija
Here’s a closer look at the earrings, which come from the company’s Sidra collection. Made of 18-carat rose gold and white gold, the earrings are set with white diamonds. Each earring also has a teeny .05-carat pink diamond set in the center of the design. These are Argyle Pink Diamonds, sourced from the now-closed Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. The earrings retail on the company’s website for £8,400.