“But actually, the choice to pare down her jewelry (there’s no tiara in sight) in her birthday portraits makes sense,” she writes. She continues: “If there’s one core message that has been delivered by the palace leading up to this milestone occasion, it’s that there will be zero. fuss. made. Yes, the Royal Mint dropped a new coin, but other than that, her intention is to spend the day as she always does: Sailing around western Scotland with her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence. And that’s that. (Low-maintenance jewelry feels in line with that approach.)”
Buckingham Palace, always bringing the surprises.
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