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This week, the Queen wore a pair of brooches for diplomatic audiences—and made a major statement about a world crisis in the process.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an audience at the Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on March 7, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
On Monday, the Queen received Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Windsor Castle. Trudeau was in the United Kingdom for meetings with Boris Johnson and Mark Rutte, his British and Dutch counterparts, to discuss the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine.
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The Queen’s mind was clearly on the people of Ukraine as well. She echoed their national colors, blue and yellow, in both her dress and the large floral arrangement in the background of the photograph. She also wore a vibrant blue jewel, Prince Albert’s Brooch.
![Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-0121-01-victoria13.png?resize=600%2C760&ssl=1)
The brooch was a gift from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on the night before their wedding in 1840. She wore it for the wedding ceremony the following day, as depicted in this later portrait by Winterhalter. The brooch was one of Victoria’s treasures, and she designated it an Heirloom of the Crown in her will.
![Queen Elizabeth II attends a Garden Party at Balmoral Castle, on August 07, 2012 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0122-01-victoria10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1670&ssl=1)
The Queen has worn the brooch regularly since she ascended to the throne in February 1952. Here, she wears the brooch for a garden party at Balmoral Castle in August 2012.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, during a virtual audience to receive the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, Gaitri Issar Kumar, at Buckingham Palace in London on March 8, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen04.jpg?resize=1200%2C808&ssl=1)
On Tuesday, the Queen conducted virtual audiences with a pair of diplomats. They were at Buckingham Palace; she spoke with them via video link from Windsor. Here, she receives credentials from the High Commissioner of India, Gaitri Issar Kumar.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, during a virtual audience to receive the Armenia's Ambassador to the United Kingsom, Varuzhan Nersesyan (C), and his wife Narine Malkhasyan, at Buckingham Palace in London on March 8, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen05.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
And here, she receives Varuzhan Nersesyan, the ambassador from Armenia.
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, during a virtual audience to receive the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, Gaitri Issar Kumar, at Buckingham Palace in London on March 8, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen06.jpg?resize=1036%2C1556&ssl=1)
For these virtual audiences, the Queen wore a brooch that she’s owned for 75 years: the Diamond Clematis Brooch.
![Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece pose on the day of their engagement, in July 1947, outside Buckingham Palace in London](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1506&ssl=1)
The diamond floral brooch entered the Queen’s jewelry collection in the spring of 1947. One of her most iconic outings in the brooch came that July, when she wore it for the official announcement of her engagement to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.
![Queen Elizabeth II attends a commemorative service at the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle on July 3, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-0309-01-queen08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1669&ssl=1)
And she’s been wearing it ever since. Here, the brooch sparkles on her jacket during a commemorative service at the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle in July 2014.
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