This Week in Royal Jewels: January 5-11

January 5-11, 2018

Our new year of royal jewels continues to sparkle! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

10. Meghan Markle wore delicate gold jewels and her glittering engagement ring for a visit to a Brixton radio station with Prince Harry on Tuesday. (More over here!)

9. In Rotterdam, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore hoop earrings for a visit to youth organizations on Thursday.

8. Sparkling stud earrings were Zara Phillips’s accessory of choice for the Magic Millions Barrier Draw in Australia on Tuesday.

7. The Duchess of Cambridge wore her diamond and sapphire cluster drop earrings twice this week: once for a church service near Sandringham, and again on Wednesday for her visit to the Reach Academy Feltham.

6. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway sparkled in statement earrings at the Sports Gala Awards in Hamar on Saturday. (More over here!)

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5. For Sunday church services near Sandringham, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her small pink sapphire cluster brooch.

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4. The Pascua Militar ceremony was held at the Royal Palace in Madrid on Saturday, and Queen Letizia of Spain wore her Bulgari aquamarine and diamond earrings.

3. On January 10, the Japanese imperial family attended the annual New Year’s Lectures at the palace in Tokyo, and Empress Michiko wore pearls with a floral brooch.

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2. For Saturday’s Pascua Militar ceremony, Queen Sofia wore pearls with the diamond and ruby pendant she inherited from her mother, Queen Friederike of Greece.

1. My top vote of the week goes to a beautiful brooch worn by a slowly-reappearing princess. The senior Japanese princesses wore lovely daytime jewels to the New Year’s Lectures. Crown Princess Masako, who attended for the first time in more than a decade (!), wore sparkling earrings and her elaborate diamond scroll brooch. Also: Princess Kiko wore pearls with a gold-toned brooch, and Princess Mako wore pearls with the twisted ribbon brooch she wore in Paraguay in 2016.