Kate Middleton Dazzles In Sparkling Tiara For Charles' First State Banquet As King - HuffPost

Kate Middleton donned a dazzling tiara astatine Buckingham Palace connected Tuesday for a precise peculiar occasion: King Charles’ archetypal authorities banquet arsenic monarch.

The Princess of Wales wore the Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot tiara with earrings that erstwhile belonged to Princess Diana, arsenic identified by Lauren Kiehna, the writer and exertion down The Court Jeweller.

Kiehna besides identified that Kate paired the tiara with an arsenic stunning formal ― with bejeweled shoulders, nary little ― from one of her favourite go-to designers, Jenny Packham.

Prince William dressed successful achromatic necktie for the glamorous occasion.

The Prince and Princess of Wales get for a authorities banquet astatine Buckingham Palace for the president of South Africa connected Nov. 22 successful London, England.

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A person look astatine Catherine, Princess of Wales.

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President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort during the authorities banquet astatine Buckingham Palace.

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Earlier successful the day, the Prince and Princess of Wales greeted Ramaphosa astatine the Corinthia Hotel to footwear disconnected his two-day visit.

From there, the radical traveled to Horse Guards Parade for a invited ceremony, wherever they met Charles and Camilla earlier undertaking much engagements.

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales be the Ceremonial Welcome astatine Horse Guards Parade connected Nov. 22 successful London.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales volition soon undertake a sojourn of their own, arsenic the 2 are making a travel crossed the pond adjacent week to Boston, Massachusetts, for William’s 2nd yearly Earthshot Prize grant ceremony.

“In 2022, we’re backmost and bringing Earthshot to the USA, wherever we’ll grant the adjacent 5 winners of the prize,” the duke said successful a video backmost successful July announcing the visit. “And we volition beryllium doing it close present successful Boston.”

Hannah Jones, CEO of the Earthshot Prize, antecedently spoke with HuffPost successful September astir the value of holding the grant amusement successful Boston.

“It’s the 60th anniversary, arsenic you know, of the ‘Moonshot,’” Jones told HuffPost astatine the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit successful New York City. “And that was truly a large root of inspiration to Prince William erstwhile helium founded the Earthshot Prize, which was to effort to animate what President Kennedy inspired successful the American people.”

Jones said that she hopes that this year’s grant amusement “gives everybody inspiration and it rekindles that American mindset of turning the seemingly intolerable possible.”