Given to Queen Victoria by her husband-to-be Prince Albert the day before their wedding in 1840, this brooch has been worn by all four subsequent queens and queen consorts. It’s a favourite of the current British monarch and she has been photographed wearing it numerous times.

Cartier was commissioned to create this pin, which is inspired by the Scottish town of Paisley, for the late Queen Mother in 1938. Craftsmen collected a handful of loose, unused diamonds from her collection, which they then arranged to depict a paisley textile design.

The Queen chose to wear her colourful Scarab brooch (pictured) for her platinum anniversary portrait. Designed in yellow gold by Andrew Grima, a society jeweller, in the 1960s, this ruby- and diamond-set clip was a present from her late husband, Prince Philip, who gave it to her in 1996.

For VE Day last year, the Queen wore a pair of aquamarine brooches, which she was gifted on her 18th birthday in 1944 by her father, King George VI. Made by French jewellery house Boucheron, these art deco-style clips can be worn separately as well as together.

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