The pearls are still there.
The princess paid a touching tribute to her late grandmother-in-law with her jewelry as she went to greet members of the public.
The 40-year-old royal wore a pair of Queen Elizabeth’s famous pearl earrings with a diamond stud as she viewed an overwhelming number of floral tributes to Her Majesty.
The silver jubilee pearl earrings are similar to the pearl button earrings the late queen wore on a daily basis, but have a larger diamond stud and a smaller round pearl hanging from them.
The earrings were worn by the queen during the Silver Jubilee in 1977 and she borrowed them for her first trip abroad.
The Princess of Wales wore a diamond cross pendant and a black coat that she left unbuttoned.
This wasn’t the first time the mom of three wore the Queen’s pearls, she wore one of the late monarch’s diamond-and-pearl brooches for yesterday’s procession to Queen Elizabeth’s lying in state, and on Tuesday
During periods of royal mourning, members of the royal family wear pearl jewelry.
Princess Anne wore a pair of earrings that were given to her by her parents in the 1960s to accompany her mother’s coffin on its journey.
Stone wore the Grima Pearl earrings to her 1992 wedding and to her father’s funeral in 2021.
On September 19th, Queen Elizabeth II will be buried at the abbey.
