Queen Camilla Wears Queen Elizabeth's Symbolic Brooch as She Arrives in Australia for Royal Tour

Mar. 15, 2025

(Left) Queen Camilla arrives in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 18, 2024; (Right) Queen Elizabeth at Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2000.Photo:Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty; TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty

Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty; TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty

Queen Camillais sparkling in something sentimental fromQueen Elizabeth’s collection at the start of theroyal tour of Australia and Samoa.

On Oct. 18,King Charlesand Queen Camilla arrived in Sydney to kick off the nine-day trip which is significant, as it marks both their first tour of a Commonwealth realm of his reign and their longest-haul trip following the King’scancer diagnosisin February. The King, 75, and Queen, 77, seemed to be in good spirits as they stepped off the plane around 8:30 p.m. local time, where she wore the Australian Wattle Brooch.

Queen Elizabeth in Kooyong, Australia in 1954.Hulton Archive/Getty

Hulton Archive/Getty

Queen Elizabeth apparently liked the piece, as she wore it several times throughout her visit to Australia, theRoyal Collection Trustsaid. The Queen wore it many times again through the years, both at home in England and on subsequent trips to the Land Down Under.

Two memorable instances include theService of Prayer and Dedicationfor the April 2005 wedding of the future King Charles and Queen Camilla and for her arrival to Australia during what proved to be her final tour there in 2011.

Queen Elizabeth in Canberra, Australia on Oct. 19, 2011.Alex Coppel - Pool/Getty

Alex Coppel - Pool/Getty

It was poignant for Queen Camilla to wear her late mother-in-law’s Australian Wattle Brooch as she touched down in the country, though she had previously sported it before. Queen Camilla appeared to wear the same outfit combination — a cobalt blue Fiona Clare dress with the Australian Wattle Brooch — in theofficial palace portraitsreleased in July when the tour to Australia and Samoa was announced.

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The royal couple have a packed schedule the days ahead, including attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024. The King’s attendance at the biennial meeting waslong speculated, as he is the head of the Commonwealth association of 56 nations.

Buckingham Palace said the King and Queen will attend the CHOGM Opening Ceremony and host a dinner for the Commonwealth Heads of Government, where the Queen might make another fashion statement.

Queen Camilla arrives in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 18, 2024.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty

Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty

source: people.com