Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
The jewels passed down by Margaret of Connaught to members of the Swedish, Danish, and Greek royal families include spectacular, glittering pieces—but perhaps the most important of them all are the slim gold bracelets worn by the descendants of her daughter, Queen Ingrid of Denmark.
Pearls, rubies, and diamonds were glittering in Denmark on New Year’s Day, as members of the royal family made their traditional appearance at the New Year’s Levee in Copenhagen.
On New Year’s Day, members of the Danish royal family gather in Copenhagen for the first levee of the year, and inevitably, someone emails me this question: what’s the necklace that the royals are wearing with the elephant pendant? The answer is this: it’s a collar, not a necklace, and it forms part of the insignia of one of the grandest orders of chivalry in the world, the Order of the Elephant.