Love stories behind jewelry designed by Prince Philip himself and presented to Queen Elizabeth

Love stories behind jewelry designed by Prince Philip himself and presented to Queen Elizabeth 

A set of jewelry that Prince Philip gave to Queen Elizabeth has a story behind it and he helped design it.

Navy Badge Brooch

One of the first gifts Prince Philip gave to Queen Elizabeth, in XNUMX Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy and found himself serving in World War II, and during his vacation in the United Kingdom his relationship with Queen Elizabeth flourished, and they were known to keep each other's picture in their bedrooms And it was the picture that Princess Elizabeth (XNUMX years) kept of Prince Philip, with a beard, for camouflage, so that no one of the palace staff would recognize him, and one of the first gifts Prince Philip gave to Princess Elizabeth the Navy badge brooch he serves, and it was made by Jarrad.

Engagement ring 

Despite frequent meetings, during family parties between Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth since XNUMX, the first important meeting between them was in XNUMX, when XNUMX-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined her family in Britain during World War II, and he was serving in the Royal Navy at the age of XNUMX years old, and for Princess Elizabeth it was love at first sight, but he spent a long vacation with his grandmother, Queen Victoria, and more meetings, and at the end of World War II the duo began to see each other more seriously, and in XNUMX Prince Philip asked for the hand of Princess Elizabeth from her father, the king, and they were Agree. In order to create the engagement ring, Princess Alice presented her tiara to her son, Prince Philip, and in collaboration with the goldsmith Philip Entrobus, the tiara was dismantled and diamonds used for the ring, which Princess Elizabeth first wore on July XNUMX, XNUMX.

Queen Elizabeth's wedding gift from Prince Philip

With the wedding scheduled for November XNUMX, XNUMX, Prince Philip, in cooperation with the goldsmith Philip Entrobus, collected diamonds from his mother's crown, which had been dismantled for the manufacture of an engagement ring, and assembled it with a bracelet he personally designed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bracelet on the occasion of their fifth wedding anniversary

With the fifth wedding anniversary approaching, Elizabeth was by the time becoming queen after the death of her father, King George VI, and Prince Philip had left his successful career, in order to support the Queen full-time, and found himself as her shadow, walking two steps later, and designed this bracelet on it, the insignia of the Navy which represents him, a sign representing his Greek, a sign representing the flag of England, and two roses from York which are the Queen's first titles, all intertwined with E's and P's.

venus ruby ​​brooch

Throughout the Queen's reign, Prince Philip participated in XNUMX organizations as patron, president, honorary member, and others, and had a special interest in technology, research and development, and youth interests. A refrigerator, a boat, a radio, but just one piece of jewelry In XNUMX Andrew Grima won the Duke's Prize, for designing an elegant and daring collection of jewelry, being both modern and handcrafted. Then Prince Philip bought him a piece of the brooch "Venus ruby" for XNUMX pounds, and the last time the Queen appeared on their XNUMXth wedding anniversary.

A bracelet designed by Prince Philip for Queen Elizabeth, and only Kate Middleton was allowed to borrow it