{"id":726479,"date":"2026-01-28T14:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726479\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:09:51","slug":"queen-camilla-wears-129-year-old-brooch-to-somber-occasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726479\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Wears 129-Year-Old Brooch to Somber Occasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Queen Camilla wore a 129-year-old brooch from Queen Victoria\u2019s collection to an event commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.<\/li>\n<li>Both the Queen and King Charles took part in a reception to mark the occasion at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>Camilla\u2019s choice to wear this particular brooch is deeply intentional and deliberate, a jewelry expert explained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As she marked Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 alongside her husband <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-kate-middleton-king-charles-birthday-tribute-8745168\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a>, <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/queen-camilla-yacht-boldest-look-yet-11787926\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Camilla<\/a> wore a 129-year-old brooch from Queen Victoria that she hadn\u2019t worn in over three years, since <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-middleton-chemotherapy-video-queen-elizabeth-land-rover-8709879\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>\u2019s funeral in September 2022.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Camilla wore Queen Victoria\u2019s Hesse Diamond Jubilee Brooch to a reception honoring Holocaust Memorial Day at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, making it only the second time she has worn the piece as Queen. The brooch\u2014made by Faberg\u00e9\u2014was given to Victoria by four of her grandchildren in 1897 to mark her Diamond Jubilee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a70157168\/queen-camilla-victoria-hesse-diamond-jubilee-brooch\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Town &amp; Country<\/a> reported, and features \u201can open pendant heart\u201d and three blue sapphires. The Cyrillic word for 60\u2014indicative of Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee\u2014is depicted in diamonds.\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Camilla and King Charles on January 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Though this marked only the second time Camilla has worn the brooch as Queen, she wore it before 2022, when she was still the Duchess of Cornwall. Before Camilla wore it in 2007 during a visit to the United States, it hadn\u2019t been seen in public for over a century, according to Town &amp; Country.\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Camilla wearing the brooch at Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s funeral in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Jewelry expert Nilesh Rakholia told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-queen-victoria-brooch-holocaust-remembrance-day\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marie Claire<\/a> that the Queen\u2019s choice of this particular brooch was intentional. \u201cJewelry worn on occasions like Holocaust Memorial Day is never decorative,\u201d Rakholia said. \u201cIt functions as a visual language or remembrance, continuity, and restraint.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Camilla and King Charles on January 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>\nFollow us to see more of our stories on Google.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/CgkvbS8wZzI0NjA=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nocaes\" data-click-tracked=\"false\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-followgoogleinline__link_1-0\" class=\"mntl-sc-block-followgoogleinline__link mntl-text-link \" data-tracking-container=\"true\">Follow Us On<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cChoosing a piece rooted in one of the longest reigns in British history subtly reinforces the idea of remembrance across generations\u2014an acknowledgement that history must be carried forward, not distanced,\u201d Rakholia continued. He added that the Queen \u201cis acutely aware of context. On commemorative occasions, she avoids overly grand or immediately recognizable heirlooms. Instead, she selects pieces that carry meaning without demanding attention. The absence of excess is intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla wore a 129-year-old brooch from Queen Victoria\u2019s collection to an event commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-726479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115973129686753121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}