Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Through all of their trials and tribulations (and assassinations and exiles, etc., etc.), the Greeks really have done a remarkable job of keeping their hands on (or, rather, getting their hands back on) their tiaras. Today’s tiara, the Ruby Olive Wreath Tiara, is an example of an heirloom piece that has been reunited with the former royal family and remains with them today.
10. Margarita of Romania, daughter of the country’s last king, wore her family’s greek key tiara.
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9. Princess Takamado, part of the Japanese imperial family, wore her diamond bandeau with a laurel-leaf design.
8, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore the Boucheron Laurel Wreath Tiara, a piece that has been worn by Swedish princesses for more than a century.
7. Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg paid tribute to her Swedish cousin by wearing Queen Sofia’s Star and Pearl Tiara, a Swedish heirloom.
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6. Benedikte’s sister, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, also wore a Swedish heirloom jewel: the Baden Palmette Tiara.
5. Kelly of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha wore the family’s unusual heirloom diamond and turquoise tiara with jewels from the coordinating parure.
4. We had a rare glimpse of one tiara with royal connections: the Douglas Floral Tiara, worn by Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria. Elisabeth was born Countess Elisabeth Douglas; her father’s family are members of the Swedish nobility. The tiara is notable because it was worn by her daughter, now Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, at her wedding.
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3. Queen Silvia of Sweden wore another tiara with a century-long Swedish heritage: the Connaught Diamond Tiara.
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2. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wore one of the grandest Dutch royal tiaras (and her wedding tiara), the Wurttemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara.
1. My top vote may be a bit unexpected, but hear me out: Queen Louise’s Diamond Tiara (worn by its owner, Princess Desiree) is small, and its history in the Bernadotte family isn’t as long as many other pieces, but we haven’t seen it in forever. This vote celebrates a tiara emerging from the vaults! (Also: you get a bonus Baden Fringe sighting here. You’re welcome!)
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10. The Duchess of Cambridge wore pieces from Mappin and Webb’s Empress collection for a visit to the Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace on Wednesday.
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9. On Wednesday, Kate also wore jewels from Monica Vinader’s Riva collection to visit the Vogue exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery — only days after we all discussed whether or not the set had been loaned.
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8. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark helped to celebrate the Swedish king’s 70th birthday on Saturday while wearing this lovely brooch, which appears to be set with amethysts.
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7. Queen Rania of Jordan glittered in a pair of chandelier earrings at the Met Gala on Monday evening. You can see many more pieces of sparkling jewelry from the gala over here!
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6. The Duchess of Cornwall debuted new malachite and gold pieces from her Van Cleef and Arpels Magic Alhambra collection at a reception for British Oscar winners on Wednesday.
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5. At the Liberation Day Concert in Amsterdam on Thursday, Queen Maxima wore diamonds on both wrists: her wedding bracelet and her family’s initial bracelet on her right wrist, and one of the East Indies bracelets on her left.
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4. For the daytime celebrations of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s 70th birthday on Saturday, Queen Sofia of Spain wore a pearl necklace with her mother’s diamond and ruby pendant.
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3. Queen Letizia of Spain wore a dramatic pair of long fringe earrings on Thursday for a journalism awards ceremony in Madrid.
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2. In London, Queen Elizabeth II wore the Cambridge Pearl Pendant Brooch for a meeting with Japan’s prime minster on Thursday.
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1. Queen Silvia of Sweden wore major Bernadotte heirlooms, the earrings from the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure, at the concert held the night before her husband’s birthday.