Bringing us right up to date are the pair of diamond bracelets that Kate recently borrowed for the Chinese state banquet. On her left wrist she wore the bracelet that was a wedding gift to the queen from Prince Philip in 1947. It was made from diamonds that had come from a tiara that belonged to his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and created by jeweler Philip Antrobus, who also made the queen's engagement ring from Prince Philip — with diamonds from the same tiara. The queen chose to wear the bracelet for her official Diamond Jubilee portrait.
For her most diamond-laden appearance to date, the bracelet on Kate's right wrist was also borrowed from the queen. The duchess selected a bracelet that had been made from a choker that had belonged to Queen Mary of Teck — the wife of King George V — and was converted into a bracelet at the request of the queen mother.
