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The Queen’s pearls live on.

Prince William and Kate Middleton headed to Sandringham — Queen Elizabeth II’s private estate — today to greet members of the public, and the princess paid a touching tribute to her late grandmother-in-law with her jewelry.

The 40-year-old royal sported a pair of Queen Elizabeth’s famous pearl earrings with a diamond stud as she viewed an overwhelming number of floral tributes to Her Majesty, who died at the age of 96 on September 8.

While they resemble the pearl button earrings the late queen wore on an almost daily basis, this style — known as the “Silver Jubilee Pearl Earrings,” according to The Court Jeweller — features a larger diamond stud with a teardrop-shaped pearl hanging from them, as opposed to the larger, round pearl earrings Queen Elizabeth typically wore.

The earrings were worn during Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, per The Court Jeweller’s Lauren Kiehna, and Middleton borrowed them on a historic 2016 trip to the Netherlands — her first solo trip abroad.

Along with the meaningful pearls, the Princess of Wales wore a diamond cross pendant and a long black coat — a bespoke piece by Catherine Walker — which she left unbuttoned, revealing a black dress with a pleated midi-length skirt.

The princess carried her Grace Han “Love Letter” top handle bag and wore Gianvito Rossi suede pumps.

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Prince William knelt down to read tributes to his grandmother.

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The couple spent time viewing flowers and gifts left outside the Sandringham gates.

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