![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 22, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea01.jpg?resize=1200%2C876&ssl=1)
The Queen’s royal jewelry collection is full of different types and varieties of floral brooches. Today, we’ve got a look at a special one: the Chelsea Iris Brooch.
![Queen Elizabeth II (left) on a tour of the Chelsea Flower Show, London, 19th May 1975](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea02.jpg?resize=1200%2C946&ssl=1)
The Queen is the patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, which puts on the annual garden show at the Royal Hospital Chelsea each May. Members of the royal family can often be seen visiting the show, usually on a special preview day before it opens to the public. Above, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh tour the Chelsea Flower Show in May 1975.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II vists the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 20, 2013](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1841&ssl=1)
In May 2013, the Queen arrived at the show wearing a special new brooch. The floral jewel was commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society as a Diamond Jubilee gift for their patron.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 22, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea04.jpg?resize=744%2C896&ssl=1)
The white gold and diamond brooch, which is shaped like an iris, was designed by Kristjan Eyjolfsson, an Icelandic jewelry designer who works in the United Kingdom. Eyjolfsson’s work focuses on sustainable and ethical design, and this brooch was made using recycled materials. Eyjolfsson told The Jewellery Editor, “The brooch is made from 100% recycled British white gold and features over 100 ethically sourced gemstones, including a single conflict-free yellow diamond at its centre.”
![Queen Elizabeth II looks at a dispaly during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show on press day on May 19, 2014 in London, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1781&ssl=1)
The Queen wore the brooch at several consecutive flower shows after receiving it. Above, she wears it pinned to a shantung silk jacket at the event in May 2014.
![Queen Elizabeth II attends the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea on May 18, 2015 in London, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea06.jpg?resize=1200%2C1803&ssl=1)
She wore the iris with an outfit in different shades of blue for the show preview in May 2015.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show in central London on May 23, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1731&ssl=1)
In May 2016, she arrived for the preview wearing the brooch pinned to a jacket in a pale shade of mint green.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 22, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-0808-chelsea08.jpg?resize=1200%2C873&ssl=1)
And in May 2017, the brooch took center stage on a simple blue coat. For the Queen’s past two flower show visits, she’s worn other brooches (Queen Mary’s Pink Cluster Brooch and the Flame Lily Brooch). Last year, the show was canceled; this year’s show has been delayed to September. We’ll all have to wait and see whether the Queen attends, and if she does, which brooch she wears!
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