Andrew Grima: Last News

Prince Philip’s memorial service today, her eyes misty with tears and a brooch he gave her in 1966 pinned to her chest. Clothes fade or break and handbags go in and out of fashion - but jewellery endures and becomes an important way of remembering those who have died.This scarab brooch in particular is weighted with emotion for the Queen and has become a symbol of her 73-year marriage.

Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones bore a strong resemblance to her grandmother Princess Margaret as she made her modelling debut ahead of her 21st birthday. The 20 year old royal, who is 26th in line to the throne, was bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011. However, despite her regal connections, it is unusual for Lady Margarita to appear in the public eye.

Queen Elizabeth II honored her late husband, Prince Philip, with a special brooch at a navy carrier visit.

Time magazine had a new name for London: the Swinging City.The same year, Andrew Grima won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, which cited new techniques that "have given much greater scope to the designer and have released him from rigid conventions of settings - and much of the credit for this liberation, and for the new gaiety that has resulted, must go to Andrew Grima." He had succeeded in attaching value to "creative design, as distinct from the intrinsic value of the precious stones and metals". The citation also noted, "With these changes the designer has achieved a personal status very different from his immediate predecessors."To paraphrase, Andrew Grima had become Britain's first celebrity jeweller.