Argyle pink diamonds to exhibit at Kensington Palace

An exhibit named “Out of the Vault: Pink Diamonds and Royalty”, displaying Rio Tinto’s rare Argyle pink diamonds will be showcased at Kensington Palace. This display will feature more than US$60Million of pink diamond jewellery.

The event was inspired by Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Queen had a solitaire pink diamond, gifted to her (The Williamson Pink) and set in the centre of a flower spray brooch created by Cartier, in the year of her coronation. According to Josephine Johnson, Manager of Argyle Pink Diamonds, “We therefore consider it fitting in this Jubilee year, for Argyle Pink Diamonds to celebrate the special relationship that rare pink diamonds have played, and continue to play, in royal occasions.”

The 40 rare and valuable items of pink diamond jewellery on display at Kensington Palace are sourced from luxury jewellers and designers from the US, Australia, Japan, China, India and Europe, a demonstration of the versatility, variety and vibrancy of style generated by Argyle pink diamonds, and their incredible reach over the past 25 years.

According to jewellery historian, Vivienne Becker, “Over the past 25 years the diamond industry has come to understand and appreciate the momentous nature of the Argyle diamond mine discovery, the compelling and mysterious beauty of the Argyle pink diamond and its place in the story of jewellery. The Argyle pink diamond has become today’s ultimate possession, an incomparable object of desire that has captured the imagination of connoisseurs and collectors around the globe.”