Wow, did you see Princess Michael of Kent's Brooch to the Christmas Luncheon?

I agree that the piece is beautiful and appears to be a richly dressed, patrician black person.

But the wearing of this piece of jewelry seems, at best, off. If I had a brooch of a Native American tribal chief, would you give me the side-eye for wearing it? Would I be able to defend myself by saying that the chief was richly dressed and noble looking, and the brooch was pretty?