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Mathilde Sparkles in Surrealist Paris

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Queen Mathilde views the Magritte exhibition in Paris (Photo: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians is in Paris today, attending an exhibition dedicated to the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte at the Centre Pompidou. For the occasion, she wore one of her most interesting brooches: a large diamond and pearl piece.

Photo: Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images

Mathilde debuted this diamond and pearl brooch last year on her birthday. (Possibly a birthday gift? We don’t really know.) She’s worn it a number of times since, both as a brooch and as a hair ornament. For this museum visit, she paired it with classic diamond and pearl earrings.

Photo: Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images

Here’s a pretty decent close-up of the piece. You can clearly see here that each end consists of delicate, lacy fan motifs, and that a single pearl is set at each end of the brooch. You can also see that the largest (and loveliest) stone in the piece is the round diamond set right in the center.

This Week in Royal Jewels: September 16-22

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September 16-22, 2016
We’ve got some pretty stellar royal jewels on display this week — don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
Photo: NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP/Getty Images
10. In Brussels, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians attended Car Free Sunday with her family. She wore disc-shaped earrings for the event.

Photo: ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images
9. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wore floral earrings, a beaded necklace, and a glittering ring on Thursday at a human trafficking conference in The Hague.
Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images
8. At the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Monday, Queen Rania of Jordan wore a modern pair of stud earrings with a radiating back piece.
Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Global Goals
7. Rania wore a pair of silver-toned pendant earrings on Tuesday for the Global Goals Awards Dinner in New York.
Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Global Goals
6. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden also attended the Global Goals Awards Dinner; she wore a modern suite of silver jewelry for the occasion. The circular pin on her blouse is the logo of the Global Goals.
Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
5. In Scotland, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom attended church on Sunday wearing her usual pearls, plus her golden Peranakan-style brooch.
Photo: VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images
4. Princess Caroline of Monaco attended a new exhibition at one of the principality’s museums on Thursday, wearing a pair of major statement earrings and a necklace with a cross pendant.
Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for World Childhood Foundation
3. For the Thank You Gala in New York on Friday, Princess Madeleine of Sweden wore a stunning pair of modern baroque pearl earrings. (See jewel close-ups over here!)
Photo: KOEN VAN WEEL/AFP/Getty Images
2. At the opening of the Dutch parliament this week, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands wore a borrowed pair of chandelier earrings and a major insect brooch. (More pictures and details from the event over here!)
Photo: SANDER KONING/AFP/Getty Images
1. Nobody could top Queen Maxima of the Netherlands’s jewels this week; she wore major diamonds and sapphires on her ears and at her waist on Prinsjesdag. (See close-ups over here!)