Queen Camilla wears King’s new ‘family order’ but makes key tweak to last time she wore it (Image: Getty)
looked stunning as she stepped with , and was joined by the at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening. Royal fans could not keep their eyes off the 77-year-old’s touching tribute to her beloved husband as she donned a family order while also wearing a dazzling tiara honouring the late .
Senior members of the Royal Family . According to the : “Diplomatic Receptions are the largest annual receptions at Buckingham Palace, with a guest list numbering around 1,000.
“The invitation list is coordinated by the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and invitations are sent to all the ambassadors and high commissioners at the foreign missions in London, as well as past Prime Ministers, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and other public figures.”
Camilla put on a regal display and wore a personal decoration which was given to her by King Charles, 76, earlier this year. She wore the traditional family order – which featured a recent portrait of Charles – painted by miniaturist Elizabeth Meek MBE.
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Queen Camilla paid a touching tribute to King Charles donning the family order (Image: Getty )
A close up of King Charles III’s Family Order worn by Queen Camilla (Image: PA)
But fans noticed that the Queen had made a change to the last time she wore it – as she wasn’t wearing a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth.
When she debuted the family order for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan’s state visit in the summer, she wore both Charles and the late Queen’s badge. However last night she just wore one honouring the King.
But she represented the late Queen in her own way by wearing the aquamarine tiara for the first time – which is now thought to be in after sporting the look a number of times.
This was favoured by her after being made by Garrard in 1957 to match a set of earrings and necklace gifted to the Queen by the people of Brazil for her coronation in 1953.
Camilla wore a blue velvet floor-length ball gown, by Fiona Clare to the event which was paired with her own matching diamond earrings and necklace.
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Queen Camilla wearing the King’s new Family Order at the Japanese state banquet (Image: PA)
The new order is based on a photograph of the monarch wearing the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet and his array of decorations taken by Hugo Bernard back in 2023. The delicate badge is surrounded by diamonds weighing 10.41 carats and suspended from a pale blue silk bow.
The diamonds used to create the bespoke design are from the existing collection of loose stones in Royal possession.
His Majesty personally selected the colour of the ribbon, which is based on the Family Order of his great-grandfather, King George V, and marks a change from the yellow that decorated the late Queen’s.
Meanwhile, the artist painted it on an oil synthetic polymin – a new addition as in the past it had been traditionally created on ivory.