Here are some photos of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at an event yesterday in London. She made an appearance to unveil two elephant sculptures which were made to raise awareness about saving Asian elephants. Camilla used this appearance to debut a subtly different new look. Do you see it? I really didn’t until the UK papers pointed it out – Camilla got a haircut! And I think her color is subtly different too. This is apparently her first big hair change-up in years. She was also wearing a lovely and expensive silk dress by Anna Valentine, the designer who did Camilla’s wedding gown. She also had a clutch purse that looked like a “tin of baked beans.” For laughs.

According to the Daily Mail, Camilla’s new look is all part of her “expensive makeover,” which, let’s be fair, has been happening since she married Charles. Suddenly her hair and clothes got a lot better and her jewelry is almost as amazing as the Queen’s. You can read the DM’s breakdown of Camilla’s “makeover” here. Some highlights:

Her haircut: It’s the work of hairstylist Hugh Green, who often accompanies Camilla on tours at a cost of £1,600 a day. The cut might have been the work of the Jo Hansford Salon in Mayfair though, which is where Camilla gets her blonde highlights for about £500 a highlight session.

She gets regular bee venom facials? “Her skin too looks noticeably fresher and plumper than usual, the result, say sources, of regular bee venom facials performed at home by top facialist Deborah Mitchell. Dubbed ‘nature’s botox’, apotoxins trick the complexion into thinking it has been slightly – with the result the body sends blood to the area, stimulating collagen production in the process…Maintaining her fresh-faced look doesn’t come cheap either thanks to the soaring cost of bee venom – £30,000 for a single ounce. No surprise then, that a 50ml pot of Mitchell’s Bee Venom mask comes in at £73.”

Camilla maintains a size 10 figure? She gets her wardrobe tailored to show off her waist.

Camilla has expensive fashion taste: she goes for £18,000 to £27,000 gowns from Burce Oldfield, Anna Valentine, etc.

Camilla’s jewelry: Charles apparently “lavishes” expensive pieces on Camilla, some of which are “heritage pieces” Charles has bought which once belonged to Camilla’s great-grandmother Alice Keppel. She apparently has a vast ruby collection. She also gets to wear the Greville necklace, a five-row diamond piece once owned by the Queen Mother. Camilla’s engagement ring was also the Queen Mother’s – it’s a 1920s piece with a square-cut diamond flanked by six diamond baguettes.

[From The Daily Mail]

God, if I ever got a chance to see everything in the royal jewel collection, I could die happy. I like the fact that Queen Elizabeth takes major pieces out of rotation for years before bringing them out again, but still… imagine you get a chance to go into the royal vault (or whatever) and look at EVERY piece. I would die!!!!

As for Camilla… she looks good. I don’t buy that she’s getting crazy-expensive skin treatments, but I do think she spends a lot of money on clothes, jewels and her hair.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.