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Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday Flashback: Crown Princess Mary’s Dinner Jewels

04.07.2020 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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Our flashback to the glittering 70th birthday celebrations of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, ten years ago this month, continues with the jewels Crown Princess Mary wore to the birthday gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace!

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Mary wore a gorgeous red gown for the dinner with the insignia of the Order of the Elephant, as well as her mother-in-law’s family order.

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Here’s a look at the entire gown — as well as her husband’s dapper white-tie attire!

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Mary accessorized the outfit with diamonds and pearls, including her wedding tiara. The diamond tiara, which also converts for wear as a necklace, was her wedding gift from Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik in 2004. Mary wore the original all-diamond setting for this birthday dinner; a year later, in 2011, she debuted a second pearl setting of the sparkler.

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For the occasion, she paired the tiara with pearls. This single strand of large, round pearls was an early staple in Mary’s jewelry wardrobe. Her diamond and pearl drop earrings come from a favorite jewelry firm, Marianne Dulong.

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On her right forearm, Mary wore a bracelet with major sentimental resonance. The Pearl-Tipped Gold Bangle Bracelet was her engagement gift from her mother-in-law, Queen Margrethe II. Very appropriate to wear it for the Queen’s birthday celebrations!

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Here’s one more look at Mary’s attire and jewels from the birthday dinner!

Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday Flashback: Queen Margrethe’s Dinner Jewels

04.07.2020 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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I know we were all looking forward to a truly grand royal celebration this month: the 80th birthday of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Because the bejeweled events had to be canceled, I thought it was high time we took a look back at how she celebrated her birthday ten years ago: with detailed posts on the guests’ jewels all week long!

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We’ll start with the glittering white-tie birthday dinner held at Christiansborg Palace on April 13, 2010, which was attended by Margrethe and members of her family.

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Margrethe was resplendent in a striking coral-red gown with the pale blue sash of the Order of the Elephant, plus one of her signature fur stoles.

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Here’s another look at the gorgeous dress with its delicate petal designs.

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She accessorized the gown with pieces of heirloom diamond and pearl jewelry.

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The star of the jewelry show was undoubtedly the Pearl Poiré Tiara. This stately diadem, which features eighteen pear-shaped pearl pendants that swing freely from the diamond-encrusted tiara, was a wedding gift in 1825 to Princess Louise of the Netherlands from her father, King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. The tiara came to Denmark via Louise’s granddaughter, Queen Lovisa of Denmark, who inherited it in 1871.

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In her will, Queen Lovisa placed the tiara in a jewelry trust, and it has since been worn by every subsequent Danish queen: Queen Alexandrine, Queen Ingrid, and Queen Margrethe II. Margrethe often selects the tiara for particularly grand occasions, including official state portraits.

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For her birthday dinner in 2010, Queen Margrethe also wore Princess Louise’s Diamond and Pearl Drop Brooch, which was made at the same time as the tiara as a coordinating jewel. The brooch features five pearl pendants suspended from a complicated diamond scroll design, as well as a diamond and pearl cluster.

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The rest of the jewels worn by Margrethe for the birthday dinner weren’t made to go with the tiara and the brooch, but they’re often worn together as a married parure. The Khedive of Egypt Diamond and Pearl Necklace was given to Queen Lovisa in 1869 as a wedding present by Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt.

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She also wore the coordinating Khedive of Egypt Diamond and Pearl Earrings. These were made later by repurposing two pearl and diamond pendants that were originally attached to the necklace.

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Margrethe famously has an elaborate toi et moi engagement ring, and on this occasion, she showcased a second toi et moi ring — this one set with a diamond and a pearl. This ring comes from the collection of Margrethe’s late mother, Queen Ingrid. In 1947, Ingrid wore the ring in an official portrait, which also features the Pearl Poiré Tiara.

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She also wore her engagement ring on her left hand with her wedding ring. You’ll also spot gold bracelets on her left wrist, including the gold bangle worn by all of Queen Ingrid’s female descendants.

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Stay tuned for more posts today — and all week! — from this spectacular glittering gathering!

Crown Princess Mary’s Aquamarines

03.03.2020 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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March’s birthstone, the gorgeous aquamarine, is a flattering and versatile stone. Nearly everyone looks good wearing aquamarine jewels! And Crown Princess Mary, who has a small personal collection of aquamarine pieces, is no exception.

Mary wears the girandole earrings and the choker necklace in Australia, March 2005 (ALAN PORRITT/AFP via Getty Images)

Mary began wearing her aquamarine jewels even before her wedding to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in May 2004. She owns several pieces, including an impressive choker necklace, a pair of drop earrings, and a pair of girandoles.

Mary wears the drop earrings and the choker necklace to celebrate the 60th birthday of the King of Sweden, April 2006 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

She often wears the aquamarines with her diamond wedding tiara. I don’t think that the provenance of these pieces has ever been confirmed, but everything I’ve read suggests that the drop earrings and the choker necklace were a gift from Crown Prince Frederik, possibly an engagement present.

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Here’s a close up of the drop earrings, which shows the diamond accents more clearly.

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And here’s a closer look at the pearl choker necklace. The aquamarine clasp of the choker features a frame with gemstones of a deeper blue hue, perhaps sapphires. The darker blue stones are also set as spacers within the strands of pearls.

Mary wears the girandoles and the choker necklace during the Greek state visit, May 2009 (KELD NAVNTOFT/AFP via Getty Images)

She has frequently worn the girandoles, which she’s also had since the beginning of her marriage, with the choker necklace.

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Mary wore the girandole earrings for a photoshoot at the start of her marriage, showcased here on the cover of an Australian women’s magazine in February 2005.

Mary wears the girandoles for the American-Scandinavian Foundation Dinner in New York, March 2009 (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

She has often used the girandoles on their own as well. They’re substantial enough to make a statement without other pieces of coordinating jewelry.

Mary wears the girandoles at the Bambi Awards in Berlin, November 2014 (Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images)

One of my favorite outings for the girandoles came in 2014, when Mary paired them with a midnight blue gown with an asymmetrical neckline.

Mary visits the Portrait Gallery in Canberra, November 2011 (LUKAS COCH/AFP via Getty Images)

The girandole earrings are even showcased in a portrait of Mary painted by Chinese artist Jia wei Shen. The painting hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, the capital of Mary’s native Australia.

Mary wears the stud earrings in Hamburg, February 2006 (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Mary’s aquamarine collection also features a few other pieces. She wore these simple, classic aquamarine stud earrings during a visit to Germany in 2006.

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She also owns an impressive aquamarine and diamond cocktail ring.

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I’m a big fan of Mary’s aquamarines, and I only wish she had a tiara to go along with them. What kind of sparkler would you like to see added to this married parure?

Note: This is an expanded version of an earlier post, with new text and images.