Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we reflect on the relationship between Her Royal Highness and the Goldsmiths' Company.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee brooch was made by award-winning British fine jewellery designer, David Marshall, and his team at their workshop in London’s iconic jewellery quarter, Hatton Garden. The piece, which represents the four nations, was commissioned by the Goldsmiths’ Company as a gift to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

On 3 December 2020, Rachael Taylor of The Jewellery Cut interviewed guest panellists Professor Sarita Malik, Rickardo Antonio and Roxanne Simone, to discuss Black representation in the UK jewellery industry and the findings of the UK's first national Survey of Black Jewellers.

The UK's first national Survey of Black Jewellers has been carried out by Private 2 Public Ltd on behalf of Kassandra Lauren Gordon, a jeweller and activist, supported by the Goldsmiths’ Company and the Goldsmiths’ Centre. It follows Kassandra’s open letter to the jewellery industry in June 2020 about the lack of diversity and inclusion for black people in the industry.

For many years, since our very beginning in some cases, we have performed roles that reach deep into our trade and beyond, such as promoting apprenticeships, hallmarking precious metals and assessing the nation’s coinage. Now, as we move inexorably towards the 700th anniversary of the granting of our first Royal Charter of 1327, we are working on a broad range of new projects that we hope will be completed or well under way by the time the anniversary year comes around in 2027.