{"id":213390,"date":"2026-04-29T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213390\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:32:27","slug":"queen-camilla-wears-the-queen-mothers-brooch-at-the-united-states-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213390\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Wears the Queen Mother\u2019s Brooch at the United States Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KingKing Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla did a quick change before arriving at the US Capitol for the King\u2019s address to Congress on Tuesday, adding one of the Queen Mother\u2019s beloved brooches to her ensemble.<\/p>\n

\"KingKing Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon ahead of his address before a joint session of Congress. Camilla sat nearby on the dais during the speech<\/a>, in the same place Prince Philip sat when Queen Elizabeth II addressed the legislature more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a service of thanksgiving on the 80th anniversary of VE Day at Westminster Abbey in London on May 8, 2025 (Aaron Chown\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

For the Capitol visit, Camilla changed out of the pale green outfit<\/a> she\u2019d worn earlier in the day, opting to wear the same white coat with black accent stitching that she wore for VE Day commemorations in London<\/a> last May.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Leigh Vogel\/Sipa USA\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Camilla also swapped out her jewels, exchanging her favorite diamond and pearl drop earrings for a pair with sleek black pearl drops.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

On her coat, she also pinned a special royal heirloom: the diamond, enamel, and carved rock crystal brooch that belonged to her husband\u2019s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe Duchess of York visits Sydney during the royal tour of Australia, 1927 (Daily Herald Archive)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth wore the brooch often in the 1920s, when the piece was particularly new and fashionable. She liked to pin it to the upturned brims of her hats, as seen here during her visit to Australia in 1927. Choosing a brooch from Elizabeth\u2019s collection was a nice little nod to her history with America. She was the first queen consort to visit the States in an official capacity, joining her husband, King George VI, on a state visit to the US in 1939.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe Duchess of Cornwall visits the Krakow Community Centre in Poland on April 28, 2008 (Lewis Whyld\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Camilla began wearing the rock crystal brooch in the early years of her marriage to Charles. Here, she wears it with pearls during an official visit to Poland in 2008.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Camilla visits the Bibliotheque Nationale de France on September 21, 2023 (Yui Mok\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

She has continued to wear the piece regularly, often pairing it with black and white outfits, as she did during the French state visit in the autumn of 2023.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s one more view of Camilla wearing the brooch during the King\u2019s congressional address.<\/p>\n

Next up: the state dinner later tonight. In the meantime, I\u2019ll again ask you to please focus on the jewels and restrain yourself from discussing contemporary politics in the comment section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III speaks before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2026 (Bonnie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-213390","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\/213390","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=213390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}