Queen makes nod to her beloved late dad in Platinum Jubilee portrait with jewellery choice
ok.co.ukOn Wednesday, The Queen released a special portrait taken in the Victoria Vestibule at Windsor Castle in order to mark the start of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations In the portrait, Her Majesty , 96, looked radiant in a light blue dress that she paired with a pair of pearl earrings and a matching pearl necklace with the necklace in particular paying tribute to her father King George VI.
The pearl necklace is a staple on the Queen and she is often pictured wearing one when attending events and making speeches.The tradition began when the Queen was given a thin platinum chain as a youngster by her father who then added two pearls to it on every birthday.
Author Leslie Field told People that the tradition dates back many generations: “Pearls are traditional for Queens going back one thousand years - there has never been a Queen who didn’t wear pearls.” The belief behind wearing them was down to the pearl’s beauty, as Leslie added: “They were rare, beautiful and lustrous and the more you wear them, the more lustrous they become.” Leslie explained that the tradition of giving pearls to young royals was begun by Queen Victoria. “She gave each of her daughters and granddaughters a pearl every year on their birthday so that by the time they came of age at 18, they would have enough pearls for a necklace," she said.
In 1935 on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee, the Queen’s grandfather King George V gave the Queen pearls.This time it was a three-strand pearl necklace and her sister Princess Margaret was gifted a two-strand style, which they both wore for their parents' coronation in 1937.
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