Camilla sparks buzz after turning Diana’s 1863 necklace into $137,000 royal brooch

In 1981, Princess Diana got married to Prince Charles. As a wedding gift, the Queen Mother gave her a green emerald necklace. The necklace was really old—it was made way back in 1863. The emerald necklace was very old, dating back to 1863. It originally belonged to Queen Alexandra, as per the reports.

The necklace made its way back to the royal coffers after the deaths of it’s patron Princess Diana. However, it was kept hidden from the public view till 2019, before it popped up again—but as a brooch—on Camellia, the Duchess of Cornwall. The Duchess eventually went on to become the queen in 2022, a yahoo report said.

Camilla wears it at royal event

Camilla first showed off the brooch at the 50th anniversary of Charles’s reign as Prince of Wales. The brooch served as a perfect cocktail gossip topic for both the media and the public, especially considering Diana’s famous “there are three people in the marriage” comment about Charles and Camilla’s steamy affair, as per the reports.


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Brooch details and expert opinions

The brooch is fancy and expensive. It has about 4 carats of white diamonds and a 3-carat green emerald. It also has three diamond ostrich feathers, a symbol of the Prince of Wales. The brooch is worth around $137,000, according to the report by Yahoo.

Maxwell Stone, a jewelry expert, said the brooch has royal meaning for both Diana and Camilla. It connects to King Charles, who gave it to both women in different ways. Kate Middleton has also worn the same emerald brooch, as stated by the reports.

Experts say turning the necklace into a brooch didn’t lower its value—because the work was done recently and professionally. But if it had stayed as a necklace, it might have been worth even more, as per the reports.

FAQs

Q1. Whose necklace did Queen Camilla turn into a brooch?
Queen Camilla turned Princess Diana’s emerald necklace—originally gifted to her in 1981—into a brooch in 2019, sparking royal buzz.

Q2. Why is Queen Camilla’s emerald brooch controversial?
The brooch used to be Diana’s, and because of Camilla and Diana’s tense history, many find it upsetting that Camilla now wears the piece.