Interestingly, the first appearance of this look was dress only. Although I can't be 100% certain about it, I'm pretty confident the powder blue dress the Queen wore on 15 March 2006 for a reception at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for Action for Children, an organization of which the Queen is patron, is the one that matches this jacket and is usually worn underneath. The opaque fabric with shiny silk accent around the waist is reminiscent of the shiny details on the jacket and hat. The Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips were worn:
Then it was time for another dress-only appearance several years later, on 14 October 2010, for an audience at Buckingham Palace with the Ambassador of Swaziland Mrs Dumsile Thandi Sukati (seen below) and others. The Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips were worn:
On 17 October 2011, the Queen wore the suit, minus the hat, to the official opening of the Round Square International Conference at Wellington College, in Crowthorne, Berkshire. She paired it with one of Queen Victoria's diamond bow brooches:
However, the complete ensamble was first worn on 23 November 2011, when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Admiralty House in London for the formal inauguration of the Duke as Lord High Admiral. The Queen accessorised her look with the Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips and a naval badge:
Note the bow detail on the pockets:
Another appearance for what I strongly believe is the matching dress came on 21 May 2013, when the Queen wore it for an audience at Buckingham Palace with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his wife. The Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips were worn again:
On 15 June 2013, after Trooping the Colour, the Queen changed into this suit to pay a visit to the Duke of Edinburgh (BBC video here), who was convalescing at the London Clinic after undergoing exploratory abdominal surgery earlier that month. The Boucheron clips were worn once again:
This look was repeated on 8 August 2013, when Her Majesty inspected the Royal Scots Borderers outside the gates of Balmoral Castle at the start of her annual stay in her Scottish residence. The badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland was, predictably, pinned to the Queen's jacket:
On 19 March 2015, the dress made another solo appearance, for an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, during which the Queen presented actress Kristin Scott Thomas with a damehood for services to drama. The Boucheron clips seem to be something of a fixture with this look, and were used again, although they can't be seen in the photo below (SkyNews video here):
On 13 November 2015, the Queen wore again the dress on its own for a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Buckingham Palace. She paired it with the Flame Lily brooch:
On 5 February 2016, the Queen repeated the dress to receive Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait at Sandringham House for a meeting and luncheon. Empress Marie Feodorovna's sapphire and pearl brooch was worn:
On 22 April 2016, the day after her 90th birthday, the Queen repeated the suit, with her trusty Boucheron clips and a silk scarf, to greet President and Mrs Obama upon their arrival at Windsor Castle for a private lunch (Daily Mail article here):
On 7 March 2017, the Queen repeated the dress for investitures at Buckingham Palace. She wore the Queen Mother's aquamarine Art Deco brooch:
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