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Marie-Chantal’s Gala Jewels

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Happy belated birthday to Marie-Chantal of Greece! To mark the stylish princess’s birthday, which she celebrated yesterday, we’ve got a major roundup of some of her most sparkling gala jewels!

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July 1995: The Antique Corsage Tiara, on loan from her mother-in-law, on her wedding day
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May 2004: Wearing a borrowed floral tiara with pearls for the Danish royal wedding
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May 2004: Pearls and sparkling earrings for the pre-wedding gala in Spain
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April 2006: Earrings from JAR and a diamond cuff bracelet to celebrate the 60th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
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April 2006: The Miller Fringe Tiara and JAR earrings for the official Swedish gala birthday dinner
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October 2007: Sparkling earrings for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London
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August 2010: JAR earrings and the diamond cuff bracelet for Prince Nikolaos’s wedding
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April 2011: JAR hoop earrings for the Cambridge pre-wedding dinner
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June 2011: Sparkling earrings and a pair of diamond clips for Princess Nathalie’s wedding
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January 2012: The Miller Fringe Tiara and JAR hoop earrings for a Danish Ruby Jubilee gala
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January 2012: Queen Sophie’s Diamond Tiara with JAR hoops and a diamond clip for a second Danish Ruby Jubilee gala
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October 2012: The Miller Fringe Tiara for the pre-wedding gala in Luxembourg
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June 2013: The Miller Fringe Tiara and a blue cocktail ring for Princess Madeleine’s wedding
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September 2014: A statement cuff bracelet for King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie’s golden anniversary celebrations
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February 2015: JAR hoops for the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills
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May 2017: The Miller Fringe Tiara for the Norweigan royal 80th birthday celebrations

This Week in Royal Jewels: September 1-7

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September 1-7, 2017
It was a blockbuster week for royal news, and we’ve got lots of royal jewels on the docket, too! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a pair of her trademark golden statement earrings for a performance of the opera Pinnochio in Brussels on Tuesday. 

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9. A delicate dragonfly brooch was Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden’s accessory of choice on Monday for the official announcement of the full name and title of her new nephew, Prince Gabriel. (Much more over here!)
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8. Prince Gabriel’s grandmother, Queen Silvia of Sweden, chose multicolored pearls for a Te Deum service in his honor on Monday. (More over here!)
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7. In Zoetermeer, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands wore her massive green and silver statement necklace with coordinating earrings for Monday’s Literacy Week launch.
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6. Princess Mako of Akishino was luminous in pearls and a mixed-metals floral brooch for the official announcement of her engagement to Kei Komura on Sunday in Tokyo. (Much more, including the wedding details we know, over here!)
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5. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her daughter, Princess Anne, both wore large brooches for the annual Braemar Gathering on Saturday. (See a closer view of each brooch over here!)

4. For a dinner celebrating the tenth anniversary of her charitable foundation, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark chose a modern suite of jewelry.
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3. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands glittered in blue gemstones with diamonds and moonstones for a gala dinner benefiting the children’s cancer center that bears her name. (Much more, including jewelry close-ups, over here!)
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2. Queen Mary’s Thistle Brooch, a little seen diamond treasure from the royal vaults, was Queen Elizabeth II’s choice for the official opening of the new Queensferry Crossing near Edinburgh on Monday. (See close-ups of the brooch over here!)
1. My top vote of the week goes to an unexpected wedding tiara choice! Princess Marie Gabrielle of Nassau, niece of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, borrowed the Grand Duchess Adelaide Tiara for her wedding in Marbella over the weekend. (More on this tiara’s lengthy history over here!)

This Fortnight in Royal Jewels: August 18-31

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August 18-31, 2017
We begin September with a look back at the royal jewels we’ve seen over the past two weeks. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. Japan’s Princess Mako wore delicate silver-toned earrings during a family trip to Hungary on August 20.

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14. The Duchess of Cambridge wore green onyx earrings by Monica Vinader for a commemorative visit to the White Garden at Kensington Palace on Wednesday. (More over here!)
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13. On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden paired orange drop earrings with one of her mother’s vintage dresses for a seminar on antibiotic resistance during the World Water Week conference in Stockholm.
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12. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands chose bright pink earrings to mark the 60th anniversary of Kansfonds on August 22 in Delft.
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11. On Tuesday, Crown Princess Victoria wore dark, glittering hoop earrings for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.
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10. Queen Maxima wore her milky cabochon pendant earrings with her diamond wedding bracelet and her diamond initial bracelet on August 24 for the 650th anniversary of the Bartholomeus Gasthuis.
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9. Prince Nikolai of Denmark turned eighteen this week, and his mother, Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg (pictured here with her younger son, Prince Felix) wore sparkling stud earrings and a cross necklace for his birthday party on Monday aboard the Dannebrog, the royal yacht.
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8. Queen Margarethe II of Denmark selected modern red jewels for her eldest grandson’s birthday party on Monday.
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7. Nikolai’s stepmother, Princess Marie of Denmark, wore a glittering pair of modern pendant earrings for his birthday bash.
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6. And Nikolai’s aunt, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, wore earrings with pale gemstone drops.
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5. On Wednesday, Queen Margrethe wore modern cluster earrings and her anchor brooch for her arrival at Roenne Harbour on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
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4. Crown Princess Mary chose pearls (earrings, bracelet, ring) for Tuesday’s opening of the National Care Center in Copenhagen.
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3. On August 24, Queen Silvia of Sweden chose pearls to celebrate Finland’s centennial jubilee at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
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2. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg wore a torsade necklace of green gemstone beads during a summit with leaders from Belgium and France on Tuesday. (See more views of the necklace over here!)
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1. My top vote for this super-sized royal jewel roundup goes to Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, who wore pale blue cabochon earrings with a coordinating cluster brooch for the dance event Free to Move at the Zuiderstrandtheater on Thursday in The Hague.