Queen Elizabeth in her Diamond Diadem.Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Getty
Queen Elizabethis giving us a rare peek into her own jewelry box — and it’s quite the dazzling display!
As part of her historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the Queen is loaning several pieces of her personal jewelry to theRoyal Collection Trustto exhibit at the various royal palaces this summer. An array of brooches, which the Queen often wears as a symbolic nod to her hosts during official Commonwealth tours, will be displayed alongside the Queen’s Coronation Dress and Robe of Estate — as well as her famous Diamond Diadem — in the U.K.
The Coronation Dress of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Royal Collection Trust
“I think it serves to underline the significance of emblematic design and iconography of the coronation dress, but at the same time it’s really supporting that message of the Queen as head of the Commonwealth and the fact that she has really devoted so much of her reign to that,” Caroline de Guitaut, deputy surveyor of the Queen’s works of art and curator of the exhibition, tells PEOPLE.
Kate Middleton wearing the Maple Leaf brooch in Canada 2011.Mark Large - Pool/Getty Images
The Flame-Lily Brooch, which represents the national flower of Zimbabwe and Zambia, will be exhibited The brooch is particularly poignant, as it was pinned to the Queen’s mourning clothes when she arrived back in Britain from Kenya after the news of her father’s death in 1952.
The Queen’s Flame Lily Brooch.Royal Collection Trust
The Queen at the Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall in 2005.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
The New Zealand Silver Fern Brooch, which the Queen loaned to Kate for her tour there withPrince Williamin 2014, is also among those on display. And lastly, the vibrant Sri Lanka Brooch set — featuring pink, blue and yellow sapphires, garnets, rubies and aquamarine — which was gifted to the Queen in 1981, will sparkle on exhibit too.
Royal Collection Trust
The Queen in her Diamond Diadem.Royal Collection Trust
The Queen’s Delhi Durbar Necklace.Royal Collection Trust
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