The special meaning of the Queen’s chrysanthemum brooch
Buckingham Palace published a photo of the Queen in advance, which shows her recording the Christmas address. In addition to a chain, she wears a glittering brooch
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The Queen’s speech is traditionally broadcast on Christmas Day in Great Britain. This time, after the death of her husband, the speech is supposed to be unusually personal. Queen Elizabeth II associates special memories with a piece of jewelry.
NAfter the death of her husband Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II is expected to show herself unusually personally in her Christmas address this year. Buckingham Palace published a photo of the monarch on Christmas Eve night, in which she is sitting in bright Christmas red in front of a festively illuminated Christmas tree at Windsor Castle and wearing a special, glittering chrysanthemum brooch.
The Queen – at that time still a princess – already wore the piece of jewelery on her honeymoon with her then new husband Philip in 1947 – and later again in 2007 for the diamond wedding.
It is the Queen’s first Christmas since the death of Prince Philip, who died in April.
A 2007 photo of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth published on the occasion of the Diamond Wedding. The queen is wearing the chrysanthemum brooch here
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In this picture, too, taken in 1947 after the marriage of the then aspirant to the throne and the duke, Elizabeth wears the brooch
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The first Christmas address after the Duke of Edinburgh’s death will be televised on British television on Boxing Day – the most important day of the festival in Great Britain. Unlike originally planned, the Queen will spend the holidays at Windsor Castle in the company of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.
Prince William and his family are spending the festival at their country estate in Norfolk, Eastern England. Actually, the Royals all wanted to celebrate together in Sandringham this year. Because of the rapidly expanding omicron variant, the Queen canceled these plans at short notice, although there are no stricter contact restrictions in England over Christmas.
Concerns about the 95-year-old Queen’s health had increased in recent weeks after she canceled several public appearances and her doctors ordered her to rest. According to employees of the palace, however, she should have been “in good shape” at the Christmas address and only needed a few attempts, as the BBC reported on Christmas Eve.