One of the biggest perks of being a member of the Royal Family - besides access to A-list parties, holidays to luxury island retreats, and bespoke designer wardrobes - is undoubtedly the ability to hand-pick pieces from the Royals' private jewellery collection.
From tiaras and bracelets, to necklaces and earrings, Kate Middleton has borrowed several covetable items from her grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth over the years.
So, when we spotted the Duchess of Cambridge sporting some rather sparkly earrings over the weekend, we couldn't help but notice her bling looked rather familiar.
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The mother-of-three was photographed heading to church on Sunday during her family’s visit to Her Majesty's summer retreat in Scotland, Balmoral Castle.
Sat alongside the 92-year-old monarch, the Duchess was spotted wearing HRH's Bahrain pearl drop earrings.
According to Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault, the earrings are made from a shell containing seven pearls and gifted to the Queen from the ruler of Bahrain for her wedding in 1947.
The earrings contain a large round diamond with a smaller circle diamond hanging below. Three baguette diamonds hang beneath, with three more small diamonds dropping down to the dangling pearl.
However, this isn't the first time Kate has worn the pair of stunning earrings. She first borrowed the pair for the Remembrance Day service in 2016, just one year after the Queen wore diamonds the previous year for the same event.
The royal also ore a pair of diamond and pearl drop earrings earlier this year following the birth of her newborn son, Prince Louis.
On 23 April, Kate and her husband Prince William were photographed introducing their third child to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing outside St Mary's Hospital.
In recent years, the Duchess has borrowed the Queen's wedding bracelet, the Lotus Flower tiara, a diamond-encrusted maple leaf brooch, and - most famously - the Monarch's Carter 'Halo' tiara on her wedding day in April 2011.
Meanwhile, Kate's sister-in-law Meghan Markle has only one worn a piece of jeweller from Queen Elizabeth II.
On her wedding day, the Duchess of Sussex borrowed the Queen's diamond centre-stone adorned filigree tiara which is known was the Queen Mary Diamond Bandeau.
According to Kensington Palace, the English tiara, which features diamonds set in platinum, was made in 1932 and features a centre detachable brooch made of ten diamonds dating back to 1893.
The tiara is 'formed as a flexible band of eleven sections, pierced with interlaced ovals and pavé set with large and small brilliant diamonds'.
Oh, to be a Duchess.
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