By Marisa Laudadio
5:00pm PST, Nov 23, 2023
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See the best photos from the glamorous white-tie state banquet Britain's monarch hosted for the president of South Korea and his wife in November — including stunning photos of rarely seen tiaras on the heads of British royals…
Queen Camilla — wearing a red velvet dress by Fiona Clare, the late Queen Elizabeth II's Burmese Ruby tiara for the first time, and the Crown Ruby Necklace — attended a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
Keep reading for a closer look at Camilla's ruby and diamond tiara and necklace, to see Princess Kate in a tiara not seen in nearly 100 years and more…
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Queen Camilla — wearing a red velvet dress by Fiona Clare, the late Queen Elizabeth II's Burmese Ruby tiara for the first time, and the Crown Ruby Necklace — attended a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
The Burmese Ruby tiara was created by the House of Garrard and commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973. Its rubies were wedding gifts from Burma to the late queen when she was still Princess Elizabeth.
According to The Court Jeweller, "The gift included precisely 96 rubies, all of which are now set in the tiara. The Burmese people believe that rubies help protect the wearer from the 96 diseases that can afflict the human body, and they definitely wanted to ensure that Elizabeth remained hale and hearty. The rubies and diamonds in the tiara were set in a series of rose motifs, and if you know your English history, you'll recognize a heraldic rose that combines white and red petals as the Tudor rose."
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Prince William and Princess Kate — wearing a Jenny Packham gown and the Strathmore Rose tiara, which has not been worn in public in almost a century, attended a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Princess Kate wore the Strathmore Rose tiara — which hasn't been seen in public since the 1930s — as she arrived at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
Kate is only the second person to ever have worn this tiara in public.
The first was its original owner, the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who received the floral-themed tiara as a gift from her father, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, as a wedding gift when she married Prince Albert, aka the future King George VI.
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Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, posed together at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by the monarch to welcome the dignitaries on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Prince Edward's wife, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, wore an aquamarine and diamond tiara that converts to a necklace — a piece she debuted in 2005 — and re-wore the bespoke Suzannah Crabb gown she donned for the king's coronation as she attended a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Queen Camilla — wearing a red velvet dress by Fiona Clare, the late Queen Elizabeth II's Burmese Ruby tiara for the first time, and the Crown Ruby Necklace — joined King Charles III at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by the monarch to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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King Charles III hosted a white-tie state banquet for President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, to welcome the political leader and his wife on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Princess Kate, wearing a Jenny Packham gown and the Strathmore Rose tiara, and South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho arrived at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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King Charles III gave a toast as Princess Kate, President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and Queen Camilla looked on during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by the monarch to welcome the political leader and his wife on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Members of South Korean girl band Blackpink — Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa — arrived at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Prince William and Princess Kate, wearing a Jenny Packham gown and the Strathmore Rose tiara, attended a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Prince Edward's wife, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, wore an aquamarine and diamond tiara that converts to a necklace — a piece she first debuted in 2005 — and re-wore the bespoke Suzannah Crabb gown she donned for the king's coronation as she arrived alongside South Korea's Deputy National Security Advisor Cho Taeyong at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and wife Kim Keon Hee arrived alongside King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by the monarch to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Prince William arrived at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty arrived at a white-tie state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 21, 2023, held by King Charles III to welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on their first day of a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
