Queen Camilla leaned into her usual regal glamour for a visit to Shrewsbury on Wednesday, where she spent time meeting vendors of a local farmers' market set up in the town square.
Dressing to perfection, the royal, 76, chose to repeat one of her most-worn suede coats hailed from her wedding designer, Anna Valentine. The Queen added her 'Dressage' knee-high boots from Russell & Bromley, slipping on a pair of black leather gloves to guard against the March chill.
© GettyMost alluring about the royal's appearance, however, was the addition of two bejewelled bug brooches pinned to her left shoulder; a large, diamond-encrusted bee and a smaller sapphire horsefly set with diamond wings.
Queen Camilla may have chosen to wear her bee brooch, which is set with a cabochon tiger’s eye, with cabochon ruby eyes, because her visit to the farmers’ market included a meeting with members of the local BeeKeepers' Association.
© GettyHer smaller brooch, however, has sparked mystery amongst royal style watchers and jewellery experts, who agree that Queen Camilla's delicate insect accessory has never been seen before.
© GettyOn Instagram, @BritishRoyalJewels writes: "In The Queen’s Jewels by Leslie Field, she writes that one of Queen Elizabeth II’s first brooches was a diamond bee brooch set with a cabochon sapphire! She was never seen (that I know of) wearing this brooch. Could this be one of the first brooches given to Her Late Majesty referred to by Field?"
It wouldn't be a surprise if King Charles' wife was wearing a piece of jewellery from Her Late Majesty's personal collection.
Since the late Queen's death, Camilla has inherited the privilege of wearing several of her mother-in-law's most precious jewels, including the Queen's Sapphire Tiara and her Diamond Fringe Necklace, which was a 1947 wedding present from the City of London.
© GettyQueen Camilla's outing in crystal-adorned creepy crawly couture comes just after Queen Maxima of The Netherlands also stepped out in some spine-tingling jewellery.
On Tuesday, the Dutch monarch wore two giant spider brooches from Argentinian jewellers Celedonio during a visit to The Hague. Royal style fans were quick to brand the arachnid accessories as "horrifying", as another declared the unique brooch as "made of nightmares".
