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This Week in Royal Jewels: December 14-20

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December 14-20, 2018
It’s our last royal jewel roundup of the year, magpies! Fittingly, there are lots of holiday jewels involved — don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her favorite pearl drop earrings and her engagement and wedding rings on Friday to officially open the Wiltshire Air Ambulance airbase at Outmarsh.

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14. On Sunday, Queen Rania of Jordan wore modern chain earrings in Fuheis, where she participated in a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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13. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wore a pendant necklace and sparkling bracelets for a visit to the Fathers Pursuit Organization on Monday. (More over here!)
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12. For family Christmas portraits on Friday, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway wore a sentimental necklace with a heart pendant. (More over here!)
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11. Red jewels and gold bangles were Queen Sonja of Norway’s festive jewels for Friday’s Christmas portraits. (More over here!)
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10. For the annual Christmas concert at the Royal Palace in Brussels on Wednesday, the Duchess of Brabant wore lovely drop earrings with her sparkling dress. 
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9. For a Christmas visit to the Biloba retirement home in Schaerbeek-Schaarbeek on Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a pair of her signature gold earrings.
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8. On Wednesday, the Duchess of Cambridge chose her baroque pearl drop earrings from In2Design for the annual Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace. (More on the earrings here!)
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7. Diamond and gold earrings from Birks accompanied the Duchess of Sussex on a visit to Brinsworth House on Tuesday. (Much more over here!)
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6. Meghan wore her Cartier diamond wedding earrings for Wednesday’s Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace. (More on the earrings here!)
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5. Queen Mathilde wore Queen Fabiola’s diamond and pearl drop earrings for the Christmas concert at the Royal Palace on Wednesday.
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4. Queen Letizia of Spain wore her gorgeous diamond and ruby drop earrings for the National Fashion Awards in Madrid on Wednesday.
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3. For a Christmas gala in Den Bosch on Wednesday, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands brought along show-stopping diamond and turquoise earrings and a major diamond and turquoise cocktail ring.
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2. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy wore festive diamond and ruby earrings for Wednesday’s Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace, as well as a stunning cabochon sapphire ring.
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1. For the Christmas luncheon on Wednesday, the Duchess of Gloucester absolutely dazzled in her diamond and emerald drop earrings. (More on the earrings, which originally belonged to Princess Alice, over here!)

Holiday Diamonds for the Duchess of Sussex

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Time for a sparkling glimpse into the world of the Duchess of Sussex! On Tuesday, Meghan donned diamonds as she headed out for a visit to Brinsworth House in Twickenham.

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The engagement was well chosen for the Duchess: Brinsworth House is the residential nursing and care home for retired members of various theatrical and entertainment professions. The facility is owned and run by the Royal Variety Charity, which raises funds through different efforts, including the annual Royal Variety Performance and the phone voting mechanism for Britain’s Got Talent. (Who knew???)

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To visit with some of her fellow thespians, Meghan reached for a pair of earrings from a favorite brand. These are the diamond-set gold Petale earrings from Birks, which Meghan has previously worn for various occasions.

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Here’s a close look at one of the stud-style earrings. As is true of many of these earrings with a post fixed closer to one end of the stud, they tend to turn a bit when worn.

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Here’s a look at the other earring, which was behaving itself a bit more, staying in position where it was intended to be worn.

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As is generally the case, earrings were the major accessory for Meghan’s ensemble, but her engagement and wedding rings were visible on her left hand…

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…and a lovely slender gold ring was visible on her right hand.

Royal Christmas Jewels in Norway

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With Christmas less than a week away, we’re starting to see plenty of royal holiday spirit in the air. Today, we’ve got a look at the festive family Christmas jewels of the Norwegian royals.

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The palace released several official Christmas portraits on Friday, featuring King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and Prince Sverre Magnus. (Norway’s royal house includes Harald, Sonja, Haakon, Mette-Marit, and Ingrid Alexandra. The royal family includes the entire family, including Sverre Magnus, Marius Borg, Princess Astrid, and Princess Martha Louise and her daughters.)

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Queen Sonja wore a festive suite of red jewels, plus gold bangles (and a smartwatch!).

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Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who will one day be Norway’s monarch, wore a sentimental piece of family jewelry: the heart pendant necklace she received from her grandmother, Queen Sonja. (More on the necklace here!)

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Crown Princess Mette-Marit didn’t wear any visible jewelry in the portraits, but given her recent health care issues, it’s just great to see her smiling!

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On Monday, Haakon and Mette-Marit made a visit to the Fathers Pursuit Organisation in Oslo.

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Mette-Marit wore several pieces of interesting jewelry for the visit, including a long necklace with several pendants.

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Here’s a closer look at the pendants.

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On her right wrist, Mette-Marit stacked a few sparkling bracelets.

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And in lieu of her engagement ring (a ruby and diamond ring that was also her mother-in-law’s engagement ring), she wore a ring with a large white stone (perhaps indeed a diamond) on her left hand.