{"id":328262,"date":"2026-08-24T10:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328262\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:34:51","slug":"queen-camilla-wears-the-queen-mothers-sapphire-butterfly-in-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328262\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Wears the Queen Mother\u2019s Sapphire Butterfly in York"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QueenQueen Camilla attends day one of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Racecourse on August 19, 2026 (Richard Sellers\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla made her way south from Balmoral to Yorkshire last week to attend a favorite racing festival\u2014and her choice of brooch for the day was a fitting tribute to a former Duchess of York.<\/p>\n

\"QueenQueen Camilla attends day one of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Racecourse on August 19, 2026 (Chris Jackson\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Queen Camilla arrived at York Racecourse to attend the first day of the Ebor Festival, one of the last major race meetings of the flat season in Britain. She was on hand for the presentation of the trophy following the running of the Juddmonte International Stakes, one of the UK\u2019s annual Group 1 races. This year, Andrew Balding\u2019s Item won the race with the Irish jockey Colin Keane.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Camilla attends day one of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Racecourse on August 19, 2026 (Chris Jackson\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

For her day at the racecourse, Queen Camilla wore one of her favorite light blue dresses from Anna Valentine, paired with a Philip Treacy hat and a Dior handbag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Camilla attends day one of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Racecourse on August 19, 2026 (Chris Jackson\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

She wore her favorite earrings\u2014diamond floral studs with round white pearl drops\u2014and two pins: her Jockey Club badge and the Queen Mother\u2019s Sapphire and Diamond Butterfly Brooch.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Camilla attends day one of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Racecourse on August 19, 2026 (Chris Jackson\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excellent closeup of the brooch from Wednesday, thanks to the keen eye of the photographer Chris Jackson. As I wrote over at Hidden Gems back in July<\/a>, the jewel originally belonged to the King\u2019s grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. (A very appropriate choice for an event in York, as Elizabeth was Duchess of York from 1923 until 1936.)<\/p>\n

In February 1977, Elizabeth made a visit to the Birmingham International Spring Fair. The organizers of the fair, Trade Promotion Services Ltd. and the British Hardware Promotion Council Ltd., presented her with the sapphire and diamond butterfly brooch, which was described by the Birmingham Evening Mail as having a \u201cVictorian design.\u201d The piece is made of white and yellow gold and set with diamonds and sapphires.<\/p>\n

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The brooch has become a firm favorite of Queen Camilla. In July, Buckingham Palace released a new portrait of Camilla wearing the brooch to mark her 79th birthday. The picture was taken by Chris Jackson at Hillsborough Castle during the royal visit to Northern Ireland<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n

With the portrait, the palace shared a bit about the brooch\u2019s provenance: \u201cHer Majesty is wearing a diamond and sapphire butterfly brooch. It was presented to Queen Elizabeth II at the Birmingham Spring Fair in February 1977.\u201d The caption, though, was in error. The palace appears to have confused their Queens Elizabeth, as it was indeed the Queen Mother who received the brooch in Birmingham in 1977.<\/p>\n

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