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| Brazilian Aquamarine and Diamond Parure (without the tiara) |
It had reportedly taken the jewellers a whole year to find the perfectly matched aquamarines but it was worth the effort: the Queen liked the set so much she commissioned a matching tiara in 1957. A year later, the Brazilian Government presented Queen Elizabeth with the final elements of the parure – the bracelet and the brooch.
The Queen has worn the parure, as well as separate elements of it, quite often. It’s not among her most worn pieces but the parure has made quite a respectable number of appearances.
