Results: Statement Jewelry

Does Queen Elizabeth have a wicked sense of humour? When meeting President Trump and the first lady, the Queen may have been making a statement—in the most subtle of ways—with her choice of brooches. The brooch she wore to meet Trump on Friday is the palm-leaf brooch, which the Queen Mother wore at the state funeral for King George VI. On Thursday, she wore the brooch gifted to her by Barack and Michelle Obama in 2011 (purchased at the Tiny Jewel Box jewelry store in Washington, D.C.). And on Saturday, she wore the sapphire brooch that was a gift from the Canadian people in 2017. As the theory goes, the choice to wear brooches from two of Trump's recent targets —the Obamas and Canada—were intended to annoy the president, and the first brooch was her subtle way of indicating her displeasure at what Trump has been doing since he came into office. Do you think there is any truth to these theories?

Since the Royal family does not comment on political affairs, of course, there is no way to know if this was an intentional "dig" on the Queen's part. However, Pamela Love, a New York-based jewelry designer, has no doubts about why her fierce-looking, but harmless, miniature daggers dangling from earrings and necklaces, have become the hottest designs in the last few years. Since President Trump's inauguration in January, 2017, Love has received more requests for pieces from her Dagger jewelry collection than anytime since its introduction over a decade ago. She believes with all that is going on politically, women want to feel powerful, strong and protected -- something she feels her jewelry conveys. Do you like the idea and concept of her designs (which retail for $175 to $250)?

This is not the first time that a brooch stirred up some royal controversy. Princess Michael of Kent has caused controversy by wearing a "racist" brooch to the Queen's Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace, that was also attended by Prince Harry's then fiancee Meghan Markle, who is biracial. The princess, who is married to the Queen's cousin, was pictured wearing a prominent piece of "blackamoor" jewelry pinned to her coat as she arrived at the annual royal family gathering. The brooch is not Princess Michael's first brush with racial controversy. In 2004, she was seen telling a group of black New Yorkers to "go back to the colonies" because she felt they were being rowdy in a restaurant. Do you believe this brooch was a deliberate insult to Meghan Markle?