It’s a detail on the look side that has not escaped the specialists: photographed this Friday, September 9 after the announcement of the death of Elizabeth II the day before, Kate Middleton was dressed in black to pick up her children from school, the scarred face hidden under thick sunglasses. But she wore mostly beautiful earrings in pearl that the keenest observers recognized immediately.
Indeed, signed Annoushka Ducas, they are part of the favorite jewelry of the new Princess of Wales for major events: she wore them in particular during the first official photos of her son Prince George. Some have seen it a certain tribute to the queen Elizabeth II, of whom the quarantine was particularly close for several years.
But that’s not all: wearing these earrings, Kate Middleton enters a little more in the tradition of the royal family. Indeed, it is customary for women in mourning to wear pearls as jewelry, especially from Queen Victoria. After the death of her husband, she wore only black until her death, sometimes only allowing herself a pearl necklace.
Queen Elizabeth II herself had respected this tradition in her jewelry, especially after the death of her father, but also at the funerals of her sister, Princess Margaret, and her ex-daughter-in-law, Princess Diana. This one was not left out: she had also chosen pearls for the funeral of Gianni Versace, who died in July 1997, a month and a half before her.
By choosing these earrings, Kate Middleton therefore enters into the tradition of the women of the family and once again positions herself as a safe bet. Appointed Princess of Wales by the new King Charles III, the young woman should play an important role at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, where her outfit will be scrutinized by all and where she will accompany her husband, Prince William, surely devastated by the pain of having lost his grandmother well loved.
He has not reappeared in public since the few photos showing him going to Balmoral with his two uncles Andrew of York and Edward of Wessex, as well as his aunt Sophie of Wessex. Unlike his brother, Prince Harry, he does not appear to have returned to Windsor but should not delay mainly to find his wife and their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis (9, 7 and 4), who will also be surely present for the funeral.