{"id":143546,"date":"2026-02-24T06:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143546\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:28:27","slug":"the-princess-of-wales-brings-the-queens-diamonds-to-the-baftas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143546\/","title":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales Brings the Queen\u2019s Diamonds to the BAFTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-0223-01-kate01.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>It was a royal night out at the BAFTAs on Sunday, with the Prince and Princess of Wales hitting the red carpet with Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s antique diamonds in tow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-0223-01-kate02.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>Prince William and Princess Catherine were two of the guests of honor at this weekend\u2019s British Academy Film Awards ceremony, which was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The two are regular attendees at this event, because William has served as the BAFTA president since 2010, but this was their first joint appearance at the ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2023\/02\/cascading-flower-earrings-for-the-princess-of-wales-at-the-baftas.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-0223-01-kate03.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (James Manning\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1667\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (James Manning\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>For the occasion, Kate re-wore a glamorous rose pink Gucci evening gown from her wardrobe archives. We previously saw her wear the dress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2019\/02\/a-victoria-and-albert-valentine-from.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paired with morganite earrings from Kiki McDonough<\/a>, at the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum in February 2019. The gown has a velvet belt, and William coordinated by wearing a burgundy velvet tuxedo jacket for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-0223-01-kate04.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1691\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>This time around, Kate accessorized with royal diamonds, wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2022\/05\/platinum-jubilee-jewel-countdown-the-greville-chandelier-earrings.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a pair of delicate Art Deco chandelier earrings<\/a> that belonged to the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2021-0523-01-chandelier02.png\" alt=\"The Greville Chandelier Earrings\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\"  \/>Royal Collection Trust<\/p>\n<p>The earrings were commissioned from Cartier by Dame Margaret Greville in 1918, and she had them remodeled several times through the 1920s. The resulting pair of earrings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/collection\/themes\/exhibitions\/diamonds-a-jubilee-celebration\/buckingham-palace\/pair-of-earrings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Royal Collection Trust<\/a>, is \u201ca lexicon of modern diamond cuts.\u201d These include a trio of pear-shaped diamond pendants, plus diamonds in baguette, baton, emerald, half-moon, trapeze, and square cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-1119-02-kate04.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 19, 2025 (Yui Mok\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1517\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 19, 2025 (Yui Mok\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Greville left a treasure trove of jewelry, including the earrings, to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1942. The Queen Mum, in turn, gave the earrings to her elder daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, as a wedding present in 1947. Princess Catherine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2023\/06\/the-princess-of-wales-sparkles-in-a-tiara-at-jordans-royal-wedding-celebrations.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began wearing the earrings in 2023<\/a>, and she made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2025\/11\/the-princess-of-wales-dazzles-in-the-late-queens-diamond-chandelier-earrings.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a notable recent appearance in the jewels at the Royal Variety Performance<\/a> in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-0223-01-kate05.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1698\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 22, 2026 (Jaimi Joy\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>At Sunday evening\u2019s awards ceremony, Kate also wore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2025\/11\/the-princess-of-wales-dazzles-in-the-late-queens-diamond-chandelier-earrings.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the same diamond bracelet<\/a> that she wore for the Royal Variety Performance back in November: a converted diamond choker necklace that originally belonged to Queen Mary.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025-1119-02-kate08.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Queen Mary, ca. 1930s (Chronicle\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1780\"  \/>Portrait of Queen Mary, ca. 1930s (Chronicle\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a portrait of Queen Mary wearing the bracelet as part of a choker necklace in the 1930s. The jewel has a geometric, Art Deco-style design that makes it an excellent companion to the Greville Chandelier Earrings. Later, the bracelet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2022\/04\/the-queen-mothers-beautiful-royal-bracelets.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became a favorite of the Queen Mother<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-1119-02-kate07.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 19, 2025 (Yui Mok\/PA Images\/Alamy)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1699\"  \/>The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 19, 2025 (Yui Mok\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n<p>The late Queen first loaned the bracelet to Catherine more than a decade ago, and she\u2019s worn it for prominent public moments like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtjeweller.com\/2021\/05\/the-duchess-of-cambridges-chinese-state.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Chinese state banquet in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince and Princess of Wales attend the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-143546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}