{"id":779738,"date":"2026-09-23T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779738\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:30:14","slug":"the-princess-of-wales-dazzles-in-rarely-seen-amethyst-necklace-as-she-joins-prince-william-and-tom-cruise-at-star-studded-premiere-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779738\/","title":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales dazzles in rarely seen amethyst necklace as she joins Prince William and Tom Cruise at star-studded premiere in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

That was until 2012 when Queen Camilla<\/a> (then Duchess of Cornwall) wore the piece to another red carpet moment: the London<\/a> premiere of Skyfall. Like Catherine, Camilla chose the necklace as a masterly, monochromatic finishing touch to an all-purple ensemble, pairing the pearl-and-amethyst confection with a sumptuous velvet gown.<\/p>\n

There are a number of other amethysts in the royal collection \u2013 including the \u2018Kent<\/a> Amethysts\u2019, a stunning, diamond-bordered suite most recently worn by Queen Camilla on the state visit to the US. However, the Princess of Wales chose to forgo co-ordinating earrings and instead opted for heirloom earrings that belonged to Princess Diana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The necklace was first seen in public in 2012 when it was worn by Queen Camilla to the Skyfall premiere<\/p>\n

Samir Hussein\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Each earring features<\/a> a round, diamond stud from which is suspended an additional round diamond, a diamond-set bell cap and a large, pearl drop, making them a truly statement piece. Princess Diana was given the earrings by Collingwood, a jewellery<\/a> firm often favoured by the Spencers, which lent gems to the young Diana while she was engaged to the then Prince Charles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Diana posed for a portrait session with Lord Snowdon<\/a>, Princess Margaret<\/a>‘s photographer husband, during her engagement, Collingwood lent her an elaborate diamond necklace and matching earrings. Reportedly, the jewellers wanted to gift the two pieces to Diana as a wedding gift, but the Palace cautioned that the set would be considered too extravagant. Instead, they gave her a pair of pearl and diamond earrings.<\/p>\n

Diana made her debut in the pearls at a dinner held in honour of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia at Claridge’s in June 1981, several weeks before her wedding. They quickly became a mainstay in her jewellery collection and remained a favourite throughout her marriage. On grand state occasions, the Princess normally paired them with other pearl pieces, such as the Queen<\/a> Mary Lover’s Knot Tiara<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That was until 2012 when Queen Camilla (then Duchess of Cornwall) wore the piece to another red carpet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,664,120,2724,663,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-jewellery","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-diana","tag-the-princess-of-wales","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}