There's a sentimental meaning—and long history—behind Queen Elizabeth's affinity for the gemstone.
Kelly explained that the queen sometimes needs assistance with the more complicated jewelry and difficult clasps, but she can handle the everyday pieces herself. Kelly also offered one reason why the queen is so fond of pearl jewelry: She isFrom Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images.
There’s also a sentimental meaning behind her affinity for the gemstone. A handful of the queen’s most beloved pieces of pearl jewelry were gifts from her relatives. Her grandmother, Queen Mary, left her one of her favorite pairs of earrings, large single-button pearls with a tiny diamond affixed to each. Button pearls are formed when an incomplete pearl is attached to the side of an oyster, leaving them with a flat bottom that makes them ideal for earrings.
The queen’s love for pearls goes back to the very beginning. In March 1927, when then Princess Elizabeth was just 11 months old, her parents, the Queen Mother and King George VI, left her in the care of her grandmother, Queen Mary. At that time,reported on Elizabeth’s penchant for biting Mary’s pearl necklaces. During a visit to the Home Arts and Industries Exhibition, Mary bought a strand of colored beads in an attempt to give Elizabeth a distraction.
The British royal association with pearls, however, dates back to the Middle Ages, and monarchs as early as Edward II, who ruled in the 14th century, were known to wear them. By the time Queen Elizabeth I took the throne in 1558, expeditions to the Americas had begun to return with copious amounts of pearls, and as
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