Did Anybody Ask Archie?

Weren’t we just talking about Kate Middleton’s earrings the other day? And here they are in the news again. 

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/jewelry-and-watches/a28321037/kate-middleton-princess-diana-archie-christening-earrings/

This time it’s not about other possible earring choices, but the idea (not shared by Town and Country or Glamour 

https://www.glamour.com/story/kate-middleton-earrings-archie-christening-drama) that wearing the late Princess Diana’s earrings 

to the christening of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was a 

no-no.  Because they should have been worn by the child’s mum, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.  

To which we say: Rubbish! There were four people who could have perfectly appropriately worn those earrings: Meghan Markle (who probably got first look at them*), Kate Middleton, or their spouses.

“But William and Harry don’t wear earrings.”

Good point. The issue here is what they are entitled to wear. 

Now, you could say everyone in the room could have worn a pearl earring as a tribute. But what we’re talking about here is how a grand-mère unable to be in the room (either due to her schedule or, sadly, because she is no longer alive) has a presence. And the best way to do that is to have one of her children (or their spouses) wear something to say, “Mom, you are here with us.”

Which means, if you ask the Jewelry Doctor, that it was perfectly appropriate for Kate to wear those earrings, assuming William and Harry weren’t interested in wearing them.

Your thoughts?

*The mum in question probably said no, thank you, since many a baby, royal and otherwise, likes to pull on dangle earrings :>.

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