To wonder why Kate doesn't wear Diana's jewellry

[funnyperson]

Am I the only one wondering why Kate often goes with minimal or no jewellry when Camilla is dripping with them, and wondering what happened to all Diana's lovely jewels and why they haven't been handed down to Kate.
Is it because it has all gone to Camilla or is it because it all went to the butler, or is it because Kate/William doesn't like wearing jewellry?

[5dcsinneedofacleaner]

perhaps she just doesnt like it. I had quite alot of jewellry from my mother when she died as well as my grandmother - I have never worn a single bit because its just not my style.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

She does have some lovely jewellery though. Her mother had her earrings made that she wore on her wedding day, and I remember reading an article that said that some earring she wore on the north america tour were some of Diana's that had been reset in a more modern way.
The Queen also lent her some things for that tour - brooch etc.

Diana was actually Princess of Wales when she got married, going to loads of state functions etc, so of course she wore more jewellery.

Surely it is more traditional that a woman has jewellery from her own family when she is young/first married? I don't see it as Charles and Camilla's place to be buying her baubles, how weird would that be? My PILs don't buy me jewellery, nor would I expect them too.
Besides, can you imagine the outcry if she was wandering around with £100k+ of new jewels on??

[Jins]

I agree with Salmotrutta. It didn't affect the entire nation. Quite a few people got very tearful and hopped on the nearest train with a bunch of flowers but an awful lot just got on with life as normal.

I'm not saying her death had no impact at all on me but I was a bit meh about it all and I remember being bemused by the response of the public.

As far as the jewels go - I wouldn't wear them unless they were part of the Queen's collection of hand me downs from other royals. Anything Diana had been given by her rich fanbase I'd probably sell for charity if it hadn't been left to the Spencers

[limitedperiodonly]

Sadly, poor old Kate could never hope to copy Diana's unique style. <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=diana+emerald+headband&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=885&tbm=isch&tbnid=E93-UiE2Ij_vhM:&imgrefurl=blog.ice.com/the-list/3-royal-emerald-jewelry-favorites/&docid=QUXbyolI_L3ueM&imgurl=blog.ice.com/wp-content/princess-diana-choker-headband1.jpg&w=327&h=347&ei=AnLIT_2HFo_Z8gPGmpDRDw&zoom=1" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">Take this new twist on a boring old necklace for example

[CruCru]

bronze I think tiaras should be resurrected as a standard piece of jewellery. They could become like big funky earrings and dress up any outfit. Not sure how it would fly at work though, some of my clients might think it doesn't go with a grey skirt suit.

[McHappyPants2012]

Diana death did bother me they cancelled all the cartoons on tv

[Salmotrutta]

I'm still bemused by the fact that Diana's death "affected the entire nation" - as said by someone ^^!

Err, no, not really.

I was more affected by the death of a young friend of my DCs actually. It still comes into my head now.

I didn't know Diana - her death didn't affect me at all other than on a general level of "Oh that's very sad. What a shame". That was on the day the news broke. Beyond that I had my own life to be getting on with.

[bronze]

My Mil wears a tiara whenever possible (in a fun way)

Ettiquette says that tiaras are for married people so maybe mor epeople should wear them day to day

[CruCru]

Alistair Really? That's so cool. Yep, will get on it.

[AlistairSim]

CruCru - Please buy yourself a tiara to wear at home.

I have an Elvis wig i sometimes wear to relax in.

It makes me feel special.

[EightiesChick]

The engagement ring I can understand. I get the point of all the synmbol of a disastrous marriage / dead person' comments but of course William wouldn't think of it that was - it is a huge compliment to Kate to give her his mother's ring, and it speaks highly of her that she wasn't going to demand something else and would understand that. I think the thing is that wearing more of Diana's jewellry, though would make her look obsessed with 'replacing' Diana and non-one - Kate, William or the other Royals - would want that.

Interesting though about Harry - bet Chelsy would wear some of the blingier items

[MrsGuyOfGisbourne]

KKC

[kickingKcurlyC]

I think about this all the time. It keeps me up at night.

[aquashiv]

......emmm perhaps because it looks like ths sort of tat you might have purchased in Ratners in the 80's?

[McHappyPants2012]

Princess Diana shocked the world with the non-traditional engagment ring in the first place

[DontmindifIdo]

I think most of the jewellery that Diana wore was borrowed from the Royal collection, I thought that all of that except the engagement ring went back to the Queen (the engagement ring was a gift, the rest was a loan).

I also heard that her will was more generous to Harry than William on the grounds that William would one day be Prince of Wales and then King so would always have a large income, where as Harry would recieve a great deal less through his life as the younger brother, and might need it more. Therefore, it's possible that William doesn't own the jewellery that Diana owned (rather than the bits borrowed), so we need to wait for Harry to get married to see those again.

[CruCru]

Jkklpu - was that to me? An average amount I suppose .

[sensuallettuce]

To be fair to Kate - she is one of very few people who could manage to make "that" ring look classy

When you are wearing that whopping thing its hard to wear anything else without looking like you are totally over egging the desert on the jewellery front.

[PorkyandBess]

If I had been presented with that gopping engagement ring, I'd have been secretly, 'noooooo! I want a nice one!!'

[jkklpu]

um, do you not get out much?

[CruCru]

In fact I might just buy one on the Internet now.

[CruCru]

I would love a tiara. I used to have one (rhinestone) when I was 18 and wore it when I went clubbing. I gave it to a friend for her hen do and never got it back.

If I had one I would dance around the house wearing it. [bit random emoticon].

[funnyperson]

And its also about what her mum in law and Charles are generous enough to give her. I don't see why they should be let off because they are royal. In fact I think they should give her more jewellry not less.

[funnyperson]

You're right, she is a different style to Diana -much more understated.
That said, I'd love to see her looking royal in diamonds.

[Longtalljosie]

I think Kate gets very good advice, and (importantly) takes it.

She wears a great deal of affordable (or at least, not insanely aspirational) High St British fashion. When she wears designers, they are invariably British as well. She, Wills and their advisors are - I think - very aware of the times they live in and the need for affection from the public to shore up the future of the monarchy. I would argue that wearing jewels with telephone number price tags which have been in the family for years would distract from a carefully crafted (and nothing wrong with that) message.