Queen Consort Camilla Beams in Boucheron Honeycomb Tiara at State Banquet in Germany, Honors Queen Elizabeth II With Jewels
usmagazine.comHaving a moment. Queen Consort Camilla honored both the late Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II with her jewelry choices while visiting Berlin.Camilla, 75, beamed in the iconic Boucheron Honeycomb Tiara, also known as the Greville Tiara, as she joined her husband, King Charles III, at the State Banquet at Schloss Bellevue Palace on Wednesday, March 27.
The extravagant headpiece paired well with the royal’s Bruce Oldfield black embroidered dress.The bedazzled tiara, which consists of multiple layers of diamonds, was commissioned by Dame Margaret Greville’s royal jeweler in approximately 1920.Following Dame Margaret’s death, her fine jewelry collection — including the Honeycomb Boucheron Tiara — was gifted to Charles’ grandmother, the Queen Mother.
The late royal, who died in March 2002 at age 101, memorably wore the headpiece to celebrate her daughter Elizabeth’s 60th birthday bash in 1986.Camilla, who wed Charles, 74, in 2005, also paid homage to her late mother-in-law on Wednesday by wearing Her Majesty’s the City of London Fringe Necklace.
The diamond neckpiece was originally gifted to Elizabeth on her wedding to Prince Philipp in 1947.The Duchess of Cornwall completed her banquet look with a pair of diamond earrings and pinned the Garter Star, the Grand Cross(Special Class) of the Federal Order of Merit — given to her by the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Wednesday — and the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II broach.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe outing marked Charles’ first state dinner in Germany since taking over the throne following his mother’s death in September 2022.
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