Kate Middleton dazzles in Lady Diana’s tiara and jewel dress at her first gala dinner as Princess of Wales

The new Princess of Wales has approved Cum Laude her first gala act. It was this Tuesday, at Buckingham Palace, where the King Charles III has offered a dinner in honor of the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosaand his wife, Tshepo Motsepe. Kate Middleton has premiered a spectacular jewel dress signed by Jenny Packman and has winked at the beloved Lady Di recovering her favorite tiara, the Cambridge Lover’s Knot, which had not left the royal jewelery box since 2019.

The piece, with 19 open arches with brilliant-cut diamonds and 38 drop-shaped pearls that Queen Elizabeth II gave to Diana of Wales as a wedding gift, has also already become a favorite of Kate Middleton, from whom everyone expected to debut her own tiara tonight. The wife of William of England he has chosen, however, to recover the Lover’s Knot. It was commissioned by Maria de Teck, Elizabeth II’s grandmother, to Garrard jewelry in 1913. In addition, Kate has completed the outfit with pearl earrings, also by Diana, as well as a bracelet designed in 1988 by Nigel Milne.

The dress, as we said, is for the first time, a smooth design in stretch crepe by Jenny Packman with a cape and jeweled shoulder pads that the princess has personalized by closing the original opening in the back, inappropriate on this occasion.

He also wore the band of the Royal Victorian Orderwhich he received from Elizabeth II in 2017, and the brooch that Kate premiered on Remembrance Day (a 40th birthday gift her husband bought at auction), plus the insignia of the Order of the Royal Familywhich was granted by Elizabeth II.

Camilla unveils Elizabeth II’s tiara

It was also the first time for the new queen consort. The wife of Charles III She has chosen a blue Bruce Oldfield dress for the night, the same one with which she posed for a magazine report Vogueand has worn, for the first time, the belgian sapphire tiara, which until now had only rested on the head of the late Elizabeth II. She belonged to Princess Louise Marie of Belgium and the queen bought her at auction to match a bracelet, necklace and diamond set given to her by her father, King George VI, for her wedding.