The Princess of Wales looked supremely elegant as she stepped out for a visit to the RHS Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in Essex on Wednesday.
Accessorising her Blaze Milano striped blazer and chocolate brown cigarette trousers, Kate, 43, wore a sentimental necklace which is among her most personal pieces – a necklace she last wore in a special at-home moment with her daughter, Princess Charlotte.
© Getty ImagesKate wore the ‘Bali Birthstone Necklace’ by Auree, which was made from nine-carat gold, and it featured a garnet for January, the month of her birth. Prince William’s wife was last seen wearing the necklace in a video captured in 2022 in the kitchen of the family’s then-home at Kensington Palace.
© Instagram / @Kensington PalaceKate, along with her children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, nine, was seen baking for the local community in Cardiff ahead of the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as she wore the birthstone necklace.
The royal’s outfit also featured a pink and white gingham blouse with a Peter Pan collar by Brora and a pair of mid-wash mom jeans by & Other Stories.
Kate’s sentimental jewels
It is not the first time Kate has worn jewellery with a special family touch.
© GettyIn 2020, the princess spent the day learning about the importance of parent-powered initiatives in Battersea Park. She wore a gold necklace with three circular charms, each etched with the first initial of her children: “G”, “C”, “L”.
© GettyMeanwhile, while meeting with local school children at Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh in 2021 before a visit to Starbank Park, Kate wore a Daniella Draper necklace featuring a gold charm in the shape of each of her children’s initials.
© GettyOf course, the jewellery items that Kate inherited from her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, are also among her most personal. In 2022, Kate wore Diana’s emerald choker as she attended The Earthshot Prize 2022 at MGM Music Hall in Boston.
© GettyShe also wore Diana’s diamond and South Sea pearl earrings to the BAFTA Awards in 2019, and her Lover’s Knot tiara during the South Africa state banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2022.
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Of course, her blue sapphire and diamond engagement ring is an ongoing tribute to William’s late mother. King Charles presented Diana with the ring in 1981 and it remains one of the most iconic pieces of British royal jewellery.
