Princess Charlotte Pays Tribute To Queen Elizabeth II’s Love Of Horses With Brooch At Funeral

For the precise archetypal time, Princess Charlotte wore a portion of jewelry with value while attending her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II’s, ceremonial connected Sept. 19. The 7-year-old had a horseshoe-shaped brooch connected the near broadside of her achromatic formal for the service. It was a peculiar tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who was a longtime person of horses and each things equestrian. Queen Elizabeth II talented Princess Charlotte with the diamond brooch herself.

Princess Charlotte astatine Queen’s funeral. (Phil Noble/AP/Shutterstock)

The Queen began horseback riding erstwhile she was conscionable a toddler, and was often photographed riding horses passim her 70-year tenure arsenic Queen. In her 96th day portrait, The Queen posed alongside 2 of her horses, proving that her emotion of the animals transcended into her aboriginal years of life, arsenic well.

Charlotte with her ma and member astatine the funeral. (Phil Noble/AP/Shutterstock)

The tribute was akin to that of Princess Charlotte’s mother, Kate Middleton, who besides honored The Queen with her jewelry astatine the event. Kate wore a pearl necklace and diamond earrings from The Queen’s ain collection. She had antecedently borrowed some pieces from Her Majesty successful the past, truthful it was the cleanable mode to grant her.

At 7 years old, Charlotte was aged capable to be the ceremonial alongside her parents — Kate and Prince William — and older brother, Prince George. The family’s youngest child, Prince Louis, 4, was not successful attendance. Charlotte was well-behaved arsenic she sat adjacent to her parent astatine the service, pursuing on arsenic hymns were sung. For the archetypal clip ever, she besides wore a chapeau portion attending the ceremony.

For years, fans person raved implicit however overmuch Charlotte’s looks instrumentality aft her great-grandmother’s. The Queen, who was 96, passed distant connected Sept. 8 astatine Balmoral Castle successful Scotland. However, the ceremonial was not until 11 days later, pursuing a play of mourning successful the U.K. The Queen volition beryllium buried alongside her precocious husband, Prince Philip, who passed distant successful April 2021 astatine the property of 99.