The Queen Consort wears a brooch with a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth in Berlin
The Queen Consort sparkled in a tiara once owned by the Queen Mother and a brooch featuring a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II in Berlin.
Camilla, 75, was a model of elegance at the state banquet held in honor of her and King Charles’s state visit to Germany.
The royal stunned in a black evening dress with sparkling silver embroidery by Bruce Oldfield at the Schloss Bellevue residence.
She wore the exquisite honeycomb Boucheron tiara, given to Camilla by the late Queen Elizabeth and a favorite of the late Queen Mother.
Camilla added even more glitter to her ensemble with the late queen’s diamond fringe necklace.
The Queen Consort sparkled in a tiara once owned by the Queen Mother and a brooch featuring a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II in Berlin
The diamond, silver and gold necklace was given to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present in November 1947 by a number of major City of London financial figures.
Pinned on her left shoulder was the Queen’s Family Order, the sovereign’s highest personal order of merit.
With a beautiful hand-painted miniature of the young queen in platinum, the order is only given to female members of the royal family.
George IV began the formal practice of presenting family orders suspended from a ribbon. His successors continued this practice, with most monarchs presenting jeweled portraits of themselves suspended from differently colored ribbon.
The Queen presented the honor to her daughter-in-law on her 60th birthday in 2007.
On her gown she wore the Grand Cross of the Federal Order of Merit, which had been presented to her by the German President during her visit.
Her Majesty also wore The Garter Star, Queen Victoria’s Queen’s Family Order.
She wore the exquisite honeycomb Boucheron tiara, given to Camilla by the late Queen Elizabeth and a favorite of the late Queen Mother
Camilla, 75, was a model of elegance at the state banquet held in honor of her and King Charles’s state visit to Germany
The royal stunned in a black evening dress with sparkling silver embroidery by Bruce Oldfield at the Schloss Bellevue residence (pictured next to Elke Buedenbender)
Camilla added even more glitter to her ensemble with the late queen’s diamond fringe necklace
The lavish tiara is commonly known as the Boucheron Honeycomb Tiara, but its official name is the Greville Tiara.
It was made by Boucheron for the Honorable Mrs. Greville (a well-known society figure) in 1921 from stones salvaged from another tiara.
Having no heirs of her own, she bequeathed her considerable jewelery collection to the then Queen Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) when she died in 1942.
However, her husband, King George VI, was a bit unsure about accepting the jewels, so the legacy remained in the vault for a few years before Queen Elizabeth decided to dust off the tiara.
Camilla and the King posed briefly with Elke Buedenbender and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Before the banquet, the German president and his wife Elke chatted with the royal couple on the red carpet
Pinned on her left shoulder was the Queen’s Family Order, the sovereign’s highest personal order of merit
The Queen’s Family Order is a beautiful hand-painted miniature of the young Queen in platinum, the order is only given to female members of the Royal Family
On her gown she wore the Grand Cross of the Federal Order of Merit, which had been presented to her by the German President during her visit
She took it to Cartier and had it made even bigger in 1953 by adding it to the topline and finishing it with a marquise-shaped diamond in the center.
The Boucheron quickly became one of her favorites and when she died it was passed along with the rest of her collection to her daughter, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The king will no doubt be particularly touched by the meaning, as he adored his late grandmother and likes to see his wife in her jewellery.
His Majesty looked good as he put on a white tie, with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st class sash, which was also presented to him by the President.
He also wore the Diamond Order of the Bath Neck Order and miniature medals.
Among the guests were former Chancellor Angela Merkel, dancer Motsi Mabuse and Canpino, the Anglo-German singer of the best-selling punk band The Dead Trousers.
They dined on marinated carp and watercress, chicken and mushrooms with a blackberry malt reduction, and a dessert of prunes and black tea, washed down with three different wines or non-alcoholic cocktails.