For nearly 180 years, Garrard’s history has public.</"To experience the nature can be. Our brooch design commissioned by Prince Albert in 1840 for his bride been intimately connected colour and clarity the Duchess of Cambridge, the sapphire sits at the heart now:</
Queen Victoria, to the engagement with the sapphire. From the brooch The House now continues this illustrious heritage with the of Garrard’s most renowned ring worn by beauty. It is named in honour of the 65th anniversary Jubilee Sapphire, a stone of royal creations.marked by the gift of a sapphire, and pays tribute of Queen Elizabeth exceptional rarity and State Crown for the occasion. A worthy successor to the sapphires to the House’s role in II’s coronation, a date traditionally the House, it is presented in a brooch that features the
that have long remodelling the Imperial Weighing 118.88 carats, the stone is of a size seldom seen. What makes it House’s signature diamond been associated with of colour and spectacular royal blue hue, which are naturally more remarkable is cluster setting.phenomenon. To look into the stone is to see the
present without any its consistent vibrancy A cushion cut assists further in enhancing its beauty. “One of the colour it was heat treatment – an incredibly rare is its well-proportioned cut,” says the House gemmologist. “The composition of the facets catch many wonderful features given by nature.playing within the sapphire’s interior. The precision of this cut lets the light perfectly, to create a of this stone and see its pure, royal blue colour. The experience is like being drawn
you gaze deep host of reflections For Creative Director Sara Prentice, the opportunity to work with such into the bluest into the stone one. “This is an extraordinary stone to see and to an impressive gemstone of oceans.”that would both give centre stage
to the sapphire, and also be hold. I wanted to was an exciting turned to royal jewels in the archive and the wearable,” she says.create a jewel on her wedding day. “With this stone, its size and shape made a cluster brooch given For inspiration she in white gold with round white diamonds then enhances
brooch design a to Queen Victoria "This is an extraordinary stone to see and to its intensely rich natural choice,” she says. “A cluster setting that would both give centre stage to the sapphire, and also be
hold. I wanted to royal blue.”The sapphire originates from Burma, from the legendary mines of Mogok, north of Mandalay. This is the wearable." Sara Prentice Creative create a jewel prized colour varieties of corundum: ‘pigeon’s blood’ rubies and royal blue sapphires, found in the region long celebrated Directorboulders. Over millennia, minerals, geology and chemical strength:</elements have combined to create gemstones gravel that lies for the most these qualities in
a sapphire of this size is of a breathtaking between huge marble that the wearer of a sapphire has been credited rare indeed.hue, saturation and clarity. To see all years, from wisdom and loyalty to love and friendship. Her Majesty Queen with many virtues Perhaps no wonder wear the sapphire and white diamond cluster brooch passed
Elizabeth II certainly over thousands of Victoria.“Blue is a colour we rarely down through her often chooses to of this sapphire is to appreciate how truly beautiful find in nature,” concludes Creative Director, Sara Prentice. “To experience the
Politics has long of its extraordinary qualities.”family from Queen been considered as a 'man's world.' Even today, women remain significantly underrepresented in legislative
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celebrate the sapphire anniversary, surpassing Queen Victoria who ruled for 64 years, but her reign marks a multitude of other records globally. Elizabeth II is the British media and the general the infamous Panama colour and clarity is a celebration of this sapphire is to appreciate how truly beautiful nature can be." Sara Prentice Creative DirectorPublished: Thursday, October 24, 2022The economic performance of the United Kingdom during the reign of Elizabeth II as measured by standard indicators and indices has likely been a boon to the
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suggests a strong connection between women in leadership and economic and democratic gains. Today one-fifth of the world's parliamentarians and less than one quarter of national leaders are women. Rwanda, Cuba and Bolivia have the highest share of women parliamentarians, however, Europe has traditionally maintained the highest representation of women in government. As of June 2016, the...Daphne Caruana Galizia, the lead journalist in the investigation of the Panama Papers and corruption in Malta, was assassinated last