For Trooping the Colour, she wore a set of earrings inherited from the late Queen Elizabeth II. Glittering at Kate’s lobes were the Bahrain Pearl Drop Earrings, which the then Princess Elizabeth created from a cache of seven pearls, which she received as a wedding present in 1947 from the Hakim of Bahrain. The earrings are comprised of round diamond studs, from which are suspended round and baguette-cut diamonds in an Art Deco style, plus two of of the Bahrain pearls. In 1982, the Queen loaned the earrings to Princess Diana, who appeared to like them just as much, often teaming them with Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara, which was another favourite.
Trooping The Colour is a ceremonial parade celebrating the official birthday of the British Monarch. The event features over 1,400 soldiers and officers, accompanied by 200 horses. More than 400 musicians from ten different bands and Corps of Drums march and while performing
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As her husband Prince William rode out in his role as Colonel of the Welsh Guards, Kate joined her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in a ceremonial carriage to process from Buckingham Palace down the Mall to Horse Guards Parade, where King Charles III took the salute.
Once at Horse Guards Parade, the Princess of Wales and Queen Camilla took their seat beneath a canopy to witness the extraordinary display of military precision.
Trooping The Colour is a ceremonial parade celebrating the official birthday of the British Monarch. The event features over 1,400 soldiers and officers, accompanied by 200 horses.