If we were princesses and had a vault of jewels on loan from the Queen, weโd be dripping in diamonds 24/7.
But unfortunately when youโre a working member of the royal family like Duchess Catherine and Duchess Meghan, you wonโt catch them flaunting the rocks that theyโve got. At least, not before 6pm.
Turns out that when royal ladies are out and about on royal engagements, itโs deemed to be rather tacky to be sporting diamonds.
While their engagement and wedding rings and perhaps the odd necklace or pair of earrings are fine to wear day-to-day, things like tiaras and other extravagant pieces of jewellery are reserved for more formal occasions.
โOther jewels are worn pre-6pm,โ royal etiquette expert Myka Meier told news.com.au.
โBefore 6pm, youโll see metallics, gemstones, pearls, sapphires. At night, youโll see the diamonds come out, and thatโs in order to not come across as flashy in your appearance.โ
Fellow etiquette expert William Hanson reinforced this telling Femail: โFor grand events like state banquets and formal dinners, royalty usually wear more lavish, priceless jewellery.โ

Put the diamonds away: Kate and Megs wonโt be looking flashy before 6pm.
(Image: Getty Images)And when it comes to flashy jewellery, Duchess Meghan is no stranger to wearing it.
On her 2018 royal tour with Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex showed off her burgeoning baby bump in a floor length blue gown and accessorised the look with some stunning chandelier diamond earrings.
Meghan wore them once again at a soiree celebrating Prince Charlesโ 70th birthday and no wonder she recycled when the eye-watering price of the earrings was revealed.
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Instagram user Meghanโs Mirror discovered that Meghanโs diamond drop earrings are by Butani Jewellery from one of their 2016 collections.
Though Kensington Palace stated at the time that the earrings were โborrowedโ, a jewellery expert revealed to Femail that the earrings could be worth almost AUD $1 million.
โThese drops appear very heavy, almost pulling down the lobe, but sparkle beautifully even with the slightest turn of the head and are truly stunning,โ gemologist Deborah Papas told the publication.
โThey could easily be worth ยฃ500,000 [AUD $910,830] or more.โ

Duchess Meghanโs earrings were rumoured to be worth almost AUD $1 million.
(Image: Getty Images)Aside from on her wedding day, we are yet to see Duchess Meghan sport a tiara. However, seeing as she attended a handful of state banquets, Duchess Catherine has worn a selection of the royal headpieces.
Weโve only seen the Duchess of Cambridge don a tiara 10 times since joining the royal family, but itโs safe to say she has a favourite.
Of those 10 times, on seven occasions she has opted for the Cambridge Loverโs Knot design; an heirloom headpiece which The Queen inherited from her grandmother Queen Mary, before giving it to Princess Diana as a present on her wedding day in 1981.
When Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorced in 1996, however, it was returned to the Queen and could one day belong to Duchess Catherine herself.