Whether it is to represent a relationship with a country or a person who is dear to them, members of the Royal Family often wear jewels with hidden meanings, and Camilla is no different. Although subtle, the earrings she wears to royal engagements almost always have a special significance, including a new pair, seen for […]
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Manchester jeweller Nick Withington, owner of William May Jewellers, Mays Pawnbrokers and Jewellers, and co-owner of online jewellery brand Wolf & Gypsy, has been given a national industry award for his outstanding work in 2020.
Withington was given the award of ‘Retail Titan’ in the jewellery industry’s trade magazine Professional Jeweller’s Power List 2021, specifically in recognition of the outstanding sales figures that his company, William May Jewellers, has seen over the past year of lockdowns.
William May Jewellers, which has grown to become the UK’s biggest online pre-owned jewellery business, saw sales jump by 100% during the first lockdown in March 2020, rising to a massive 250% uptick throughout November and December last year.
Kate debuted the earrings to a special state reception at Buckingham Palace in 2016 (Image: Getty)
He said: “Kate is wearing an antique pair of diamond earrings featuring a round flower cluster of diamonds dropping down to a floral leaf design also in diamonds.
“The diamonds appear to be an old European cut typical of antique jewellery of this kind and with so many diamonds featured, there could be as much as 5.00ct of diamonds in total.”
In fact, it seems as though these jewels actually belong to the Queen and therefore could have been on loan to Kate for the occasion.