For the christening of her great-grandson Prince George of Cambridge at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace on 23 October 2013, the Queen debuted a new cornflower blue ensamble, accessorised with the Flower Basket brooch (a gift from her own parents on the occasion of the birth of Prince Charles in 1948):
The outfit made a reappearance on 8 April 2014, at the ceremonial welcome of Irish President Micheal D. Higgins at Windsor Castle, at the start of his historic visit to the UK. This time, pinned to the Queen's coat was a Diamond Jubilee gift from Royal warrant holder Mappin & Webb, a brooch in form of a sprig of orchid flowers made of Waterford crystal, with rose gold stems and diamond-accented stamens:
And a better look at the dress worn underneath:
The outfit was worn again on 5 April 2015, for the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, accessorised with the sapphire and diamond chrysanthemum brooch:
A few days later, on 22 April 2015, we saw the dress worn on its own again when the Queen presented the Duke of Edinburgh with the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia at Windsor Castle. The Australian High Commissioner was also present at the ceremony:
On 11 June 2015, the Queen repeated the whole outfit, accessorized with the Queen Mother's Palm Leaf brooch, to present new colours (regimental flags) to The Royal Welsh regiment during a ceremony at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (Daily Mail article here):
On 12 November 2015, the Queen repeated the outfit on a visit to the Home Office in Whitehall (Daily Mail article here). The Cullinan V brooch was worn:
On 21 January 2016, the Queen repeated the outfit, minus the hat, for her annual visit to the Sandringham branch of the Women's Insitute, of which she is president (Daily Mail article here). She wore the largest of the Nizam of Hyderabad's rose brooches:
On 18 February 2016, the Queen wore the dress on its own to hold audiences at Buckingham Palace (shown below with the High Commissioner of Mozambique Filipe Chidumo). Most probably, she wore one of Queen Victoria's bow brooches:
The Queen repeated the whole look on 14 March 2016, when attending the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey (Daily Mail article here). This time she wore her opal spray brooch:
On 27 October 2016, the Queen repeated the outfit when she accompanied the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on a visit to Poundbury, the Prince's model village near Dorchester (Daily Mail article here). She wore the Queen Mother's diamond paisley brooch:
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