![Queen Elizabeth II speaks during an audience at Windsor Castle when she met the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle on February 16, 2022 in Windsor, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth01.jpg?resize=1200%2C769&ssl=1)
The Queen treated us to two more brooch appearances this week: one on video, and another in person. Here’s a look at both brooches, plus a little bit of the story behind each jewel.
![Queen Elizabeth II speaks with Rear Admiral James Macleod (right) and Major General Eldon Millar as she meets the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries during an in-person audience at Windsor Castle when she met the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle on February 16, 2022 in Windsor, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth02.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
On Wednesday, the Queen received the outgoing Defence Service Secretary, Rear Admiral James Macleod, and his successor, incoming Defence Service Secretary Major General Eldon Millar, at Windsor Castle.
![Queen Elizabeth II speaks during an audience at Windsor Castle when she met the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle on February 16, 2022 in Windsor, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1585&ssl=1)
For the audience, the Queen wore her signature pearls with a jewel inherited from her grandmother: Queen Mary’s Pink Sapphire Cluster Brooch.
![Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, reviewing a demonstration of British Armed Forces, England, 1942](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1385&ssl=1)
Queen Mary had quite the collection of jewels set with pink gemstones. This pink sapphire cluster brooch was one of the smaller pieces that she liked to pin at her throat. Above, she wears the brooch in that placement as she watches a demonstration of military exercises with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) in 1942.
![Queen Elizabeth II talks to school children before unveiling a plaque to mark the opening of the facility during her visit in East Sussex on October 31, 2013 in Brighton, United Kingdom](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1748&ssl=1)
The Queen likes to wear the brooch for daytime occasions with a variety of colors and patterns. I particularly like the way that the details of the brooch pop against the bright pink coat she wore in October 2013 in Brighton.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) is seen on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive the Ambassador of Finland Jukka Siukosaari (L) at Buckingham Palace, London on February 17, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth07.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
On Wednesday, the Queen held two more virtual audiences with new ambassadors. From Windsor Castle, she received credentials virtually from Jukka Siukosaari, the new ambassador from Finland, who was at Buckingham Palace.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) is seen on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive the Ambassador of Jordan, Manar Dabbas (L) at Buckingham Palace, London on February 17, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth08.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
She also received the new ambassador from Jordan, Manar Dabbas.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) is seen on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive the Ambassador of Finland Jukka Siukosaari (L) at Buckingham Palace, London on February 17, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth06.jpg?resize=1137%2C1593&ssl=1)
For these virtual audiences, she wore one of her favorite jewels: the Pearl Trefoil Brooch.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets war veterans during annual Anzac Day ceremonies in Hobart on April 25, 1988](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1652&ssl=1)
The Queen has been wearing this diamond and pearl trefoil brooch since at least the 1980s. Above, she wears the brooch during ANZAC Day commemorations in Hobart in April 1988.
![Queen Elizabeth II listens to a speech after unveiling a plaque at the new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey on October 15, 2015 in Guildford, Surrey, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-0218-01-elizabeth10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1484&ssl=1)
And here, you get an excellent look at the brooch’s romantic ribbon design from an outing in Surrey in October 2015.
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