Queen Camilla

The Diamond Maple Leaf brooch, worn on arrival in Canada on May 26, 2025 King George VI bought this Asprey brooch for his wife ahead of their 1939 Canadian tour, and she first wore it crossing the Atlantic that May. She lent it to Princess Elizabeth for a 1951 visit to Canada, and as Elizabeth II the princess later lent it to both the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge. Queen Camilla pinned it on for the start of a two-day visit while Donald Trump was calling for Canada to become a 51st state, and royal watchers read it as a quiet message of support. That reading belongs to the watchers; what is certain is that the brooch has meant Canada for more than 80 years.