Kate Middleton Just Wore the Pearl Necklace That Queen Elizabeth Used to Wear ‘Every Day’
during royal mourning periods, latest sartorial choice is an even deeper homage to the late .On Saturday, September 17, the Princess of Wales joined her husband, , and other members of the royal family for a lunch reception with dignitaries at Buckingham Palace wearing a black dress with a three-strand pearl necklace previously owned by Queen Elizabeth. While the pearl and diamond earrings worn by Middleton were also from the Queen's collection, this necklace was a particular favorite. “She wasn't interested in material things at all,” the Queen's former assistant private secretary, Sam Cohen, recently told .