"Royal Portraits Capture Coronation Day Tribute and Celebration"
Princess Kate paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II by wearing her George VI Festoon Necklace on Coronation Day. The necklace was commissioned in 1950 by King George VI for the then Princess Elizabeth and was one of the Queen's favorite pieces of jewelry. Kate's ivory Alexander McQueen gown was adorned with embroidery featuring rose, thistle, daffodil, and shamrock motifs, representing the four nations of the United Kingdom. She also wore diamond and South Sea pearl earrings that previously belonged to Princess Diana and a Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headpiece, which her daughter Princess Charlotte wore a miniature version of on the day.