Most female members of the Royal Family, including the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall or the Queen herself, are often seen wearing pearls. Pearls are considered a special jewel as they represent wisdom and purity as well as being one of the most valuable gemstones. Meghan Markle, however, never wears them.
The beautiful gemstones have always been associated with the world’s wealthy class and royals for being such an elegant piece.
The Duchess of Cambridge usually opts for pearl earrings, like the diamond pearl drop earrings she donned for her 40th birthday portraits in honour of her late mother-in-law, Diana, which were worth £2.5million.
Jewellery experts at H&T said: “The earrings are from Diana’s personal collection which would mean they were purchased most likely from Garrards the Crown Jeweler at the time and they consist of diamond and cultured pearls rather than diamond and natural pearls that you would expect from the royal collection.
“A pair of diamond and cultured pearl drop penelope earrings would cost normally £20,000-£25,000. However, with the Diana and now Catherine effect, I believe these earrings would be valued at 10 times that figure. The earrings consist of very large, very rare natural oriental saltwater pearls and are from the royal collection so the price tag is large so you can 10 times that figure again.
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