Today is Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom, long regarded as one of the most important days in the royal diary for His late Majesty the King and the royal family. Wreaths were laid by members of the royal family on the Foreign Office balcony overlooking the Cenotaph to commemorate the fallen of the British and Commonwealth nations; according to the Mirror, two women left a poignant empty seat on the balcony where the late Queen had stood in recent years when she could not lay a wreath herself, and instead instead had her son, then Prince Charles, lay a wreath for her. Both Camilla and Kate watched the ceremony with tears in their eyes. (This is a particularly meaningful Sunday of remembrance for the Royal Family, as Her late Majesty passed away on September 8 at the age of 96)

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Both ladies wore black coats and hats, with three poppies and diamond brooches fastened to their costumes. (Poppies are worn to show support for the military community and are a symbol of the front line of remembrance in the UK.) According to the Daily Mail, Kate has always been iconic in her jewelry choices, and she wore diamond and pearl drop earrings that once belonged to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. This is the third time Kate has worn these earrings, at the 2019 BAFTAs and this year's Royal Ascot.

Last night at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Kate once again chose iconic jewelry, wearing the same Bahraini pearl drop earrings she wore to the Queen's funeral in September, along with a four-strand diamond-centered People" reports that she wore a pearl choker necklace with a diamond in the center. (She also wore these earrings and choker to Prince Philip's funeral in 2021.)

"Pearls are one of the few pieces of jewelry that can be worn in mourning and are inseparable from Queen Elizabeth and her personal jewelry legacy," Bethan Holt, author of The Queen: 70 Years of Majestic Style tells People. 'It is a symbol of mourning for the monarch, but also for her grandmother and great-grandmother.'

Remembrance was deeply important to the late Queen, and remains so for the family members who succeeded her. Laura Clouting, author of A Century of Remembrance, told the magazine, "The royal family is basically showing gratitude for the loss of life that has occurred in their name, and certainly in the name of the monarch as head of state." The "memorial" is very, very personal for them," he said. [Especially this year, no doubt.