A floral dress for Elizabeth, the first appearance after the funeral of her beloved husband

Black is back in the closet. Queen Elizabeth keeps the pain of her husband’s disappearance in her heart but has decided to dismiss the period of mourning wearing a beautiful pale blue floral patterned dress in shades of purple, yellow and white. Today the 95-year-old sovereign is back to her official engagements with a couple of virtual hearings from her studio at Windsor Castle: across the screen, connected by Buckingham Palace, the Latvian ambassador Ivita Burmistre and that of the Ivory Coast Sara Affoue Amani.

Elizabeth seemed the same as always. The fantasy of the dress played on a measured mix of colors that overall instilled peace and serenity. In addition to the usual coat of lipstick that emphasized the smile, there was no lack of this first appearance ten days after the funeral of Philip the figures of signature look of the queen: pearl earrings and necklace paired with a diamond brooch. Maybe it’s in the “white jewelryThe formality of half mourning lurks even if, to tell the truth, it is difficult to see her on a daytime appointment without the triple string of pearls.
A link with the Duke of Edinburgh can be seen in the choice of the precious jewel pinned to the dress. This is the rose called Nizam of Hyderabad, a brooch that was part of a tiara of Cartier received as a wedding gift in 1947.

As well as the other members of the royal family who have resumed filling the agenda with the usual appointments dressed as before their loved one was missing, also Elizabeth has decided to start over with her life made of colors unlike Queen Victoria already beaten both for the duration of the reign and for the longevity. That very long mourning that lasted over forty years is therefore something definitively confined to the history books.

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