Kate Middleton was pictured wearing a tiara once belonging to Princess Diana at a state dinner today.
The Princess of Wales donned Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara at King Charles III’s first state banquet.
The royal family welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London for the first state visit of his reign.
A banquet was then held at Buckingham Palace where Kate pulled out all the stops wearing the tiara and a set of pearl earrings that also were a favourite of Diana.
Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, first greeted Ramaphosa during a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade near Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales, also attended.
The visit was organised before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a nod to her longtime devotion to the Commonwealth.
The last state visit by a South African leader was in 1996, when Nelson Mandela was honoured two years after he became South Africa’s first Black president..
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