The Evening Earring: Princess Marina’s Girandole Earrings

The Duchess of Kent wears diamond girandole earrings from the collection of her late mother-in-law, Princess Marina (with the Kent Diamond Bandeau), for a gala event at the Palace of Versailles, December 1972; the eighteenth-century diamond earrings were later sold by the family, reportedly to help pay inheritance taxes on Princess Marina’s estate