Queen Elizabeth II is hardly ever spotted without her signature piece of jewellery: a string of pearls. In fact, she wore the necklace at her beloved Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday, alongside some other mementoes.
The reason she always falls back on this particular style is actually due to a family tradition going back hundreds of years.
‘Pearls are traditional for Queens going back one thousand years – there has never been a Queen who didn’t wear pearls, Leslie Field, author of The Queen’s Jewels, told PEOPLE. ‘They were rare, beautiful and lustrous and the more you wear them, the more lustrous they become.’
There is also the etiquette element, it’s appropriate for a lady to wear pearls to daytime even, and wear diamonds after 6pm.
The Queen has an extensive collection of pearl necklaces,…
