Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle both wore accessories in honor of Queen Elizabeth II during the late monarch’s casket reception at Westminster Hall in London on September 14. For the ceremony, the newly named Princess of Wales wore a leaf-shaped diamond and pearl brooch that once belonged to Her Majesty. As noted on The Court Jeweler website, the Queen wore the piece during a visit to Seoul, South Korea in 1999, and Kate has been photographed wearing the accessory on previous occasions, including a 2017 commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium and the 2018 Festival of Remembrance in London. As for the Duchess of Sussex, she wore a pair of pearl and diamond earrings she received from the Queen before their first royal engagement together in 2018. Meghan and Kate were among the many family members at the service. Their husbands Prince Harry and Prince William were also there, as were the Queen’s children and their spouses, including the newly proclaimed King Charles III and his wife Queen Consort Camilla, Princess Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Lawrence , of Prince Edward and his wife Sophia, Countess. of Wessex and Prince Andrew.
