King Charles will ‘gift Queen Camilla birthday jewellery from late Queen's £533m collection', his former butler says

The Sun

5 days ago

QUEEN Camilla is celebrating her 78th birthday today and could be given a very lavish gift from King Charles to celebrate.
According to his former butler, the royal could be gifted a sparkling new jewellery piece from the late Queen's £533million collection.
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Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles from 2004 to 2011, claims the monarch is likely to give Camilla something dazzling - or something for her dogs.
Speaking on behalf of Spin Genie, he said: 'The funny thing is that what do you even give to someone in the royal family? Or a Queen? I expect Charles will give her something practical that she wants, a piece of jewellery — or something for her dogs.
'A couple of days after her birthday, it might be that we notice Camilla wearing a different piece of jewellery, which may have been a birthday gift.
'It wouldn't surprise me if she was given something from the late Queen's collection of jewellery. That does happen from time to time.'
ROYAL BIRTHDAY PLANS
Meanwhile, former royal gardener Jack Stooks has revealed what the celebrations might look like.
Speaking on behalf of Prime Casino, Jack said King Charles will likely have a 'private dinner' with his wife to celebrate, alongside her children - and possibly some other family members.
He said: 'Camilla will likely celebrate with a 'private dinner' at 'one of the royal residences'.
'With Camilla's birthday, she is quite a home and family orientated person, she does really love having her family round.
'A perfect birthday for her would be having her children and rest of her family around, and her husband.
'If she's in London it will likely be with her husband and they might just have a nice private dinner at one of the royal residences.
'But if she's at Raymill at home, she may have her daughter or son around.'
QUEEN'S £533M JEWELLERY BOX
King Charles certainly has a vast treasure trove to select from as he inherited around £533million in jewellery pieces, according to Guardian.
The publication identified more than 90 pieces that were part of the late Queen's personal collection, including diamonds, emeralds, rubies, amethysts, aquamarines and strings of pearls.
The royal family's wills are kept secret, so it can't be known for sure exactly what King Charles inherited after the Queen's death in September 2022.
In a deal struck up by the then prime minister John Major, private inheritances from one monarch to another are also immune from inheritance tax.
Of course, it's hard to know the full value of each jewellery piece today as the royal and historical connection would likely increase them exponentially.
We saw this with the auctioning of jewellery belonging to the late Princess Margaret.
Although her pieces were worth much less than the Queen's sparkling collection, they sold for an average of 18 times the auction house's top-end value.
Using the theory that the Queen's jewels could fetch at least 10 times their basic value, making up the £533million estimated worth.
The late Queen's £50million brooch
ONE of the most expensive pieces in the late Queen's collection - which is now expected to belong to King Charles - is the Williamson brooch, which is said to be worth a jaw-dropping £50million.
It is shaped like a flower and features what is often regarded as the finest pink diamond ever discovered.
It was unearthed in Tanzania (previously known as Tanganyika) in 1947, and the eccentric mine owner John Williamson gave the uncut stone to Queen Elizabeth as a wedding present.
She commissioned Cartier to make it into a platinum brooch alongside more than 200 small diamonds, which were also given to her from Williamson.
We saw the late monarch wearing the Williamson brooch to a number of events, including the wedding of Charles and Edward.
She also wore it when she met with the then US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.