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This Week in Royal Jewels: November 9-15

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November 9-15, 2018
It’s been a busy royal week, and our weekly jewel review is bursting at the seams with sparkle! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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30. For Saturday’s Festival of Remembrance, the Duchess of Sussex wore delicate diamond climber earrings. (More over here!)

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29. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands went bold with her earring and necklace choices to welcome the President of Austria to The Hague on Wednesday.
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28. The Duchess of Cambridge wore leafy hoops from Asprey London for Thursday’s visit to BBC Broadcasting House in London.
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27. The Countess of Wessex chose earrings with luminous drops and studs for Saturday’s Festival of Remembrance. (More over here!)
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26. On Remembrance Sunday, Sophie wore earrings from Heavenly Necklaces with her poppy pin and cap badge. (More over here!)
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25. For Sunday evening’s Armistice centenary service at Westminster Abbey, Kate wore her pearl cluster earrings. (More over here!)
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24. To welcome the Italian president to Stockholm on Tuesday, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore pieces from her pearl collection. (More over here!)
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23. To mark the centenary of the end of World War I in Aarhus on Sunday, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wore red earrings and a golden brooch.
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22. Crown Princess Victoria glittered in modern feather earrings for the welcome ceremony on Tuesday during the Italian state visit. (More over here!)
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21. Kate wore her classic sapphire and diamond cluster drop earrings on Wednesday for a visit to the McLaren Automotive Composites Technology Centre in Rotherham.
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20. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg wore statement earrings on Sunday for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris marking the centenary of Armistice Day.
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19. The night before, Maria Teresa chose pearl drop earrings and a cocktail ring for a state dinner at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.
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18. For the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday, the Princess Royal wore pearls with her diamond star brooch. (More over here!)
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17. For an Armistice Day event at the Palace of Versailles on Sunday, the Princess of Monaco wore sparkling diamond stud earrings.
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16. Pearl and diamond earrings were Charlene’s accessory of choice for Saturday’s state dinner at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. 
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15. For Wednesday’s special birthday tea for the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall wore her lovely pearl choker necklace with the Art Deco clasp. (More here!)
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14. Queen Letizia of Spain wore her elegant diamond and pearl drop earrings during an official visit to Peru on Monday.
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13. Pearl drop earrings were an appropriate choice for Queen Mathilde of the Belgians on Armistice Day at the Last Post ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ypres Memorial.
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12. The Duchess of Gloucester brought some incredible glitter to the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday, including diamond floral earrings and a chain of diamond flowers. (Much more here!)
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11. For Sunday evening’s service at Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore the Jardine Star Brooch with her poppies. (More over here!)
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10. Queen Elizabeth II secured her poppies with the Courtauld Thomson Scallop-Shell Brooch on Remembrance Sunday. (More over here!)
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9. The Dorset Bow Brooch accompanied Queen Elizabeth II to Thursday’s Anglo-Norse Society centenary reception at The Naval and Military Club in London. (More on the brooch here!)
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8. For Saturday’s Festival of Remembrance, Queen Elizabeth II chose a double strand of pearls, Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Earrings, and Queen Mary’s Richmond Brooch. (Much more here!)
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7. For Prince Charles’s birthday party on Wednesday evening, the Duchess of Gloucester arrived wearing heirloom diamond earrings. (More here!)
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6. Kate chose one of her most interesting pairs of statement earrings for her father-in-law’s birthday party at Buckingham Palace. (More here!)
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5. Meghan sparkled again in the mystery diamond earrings from her visit to Fiji for Prince Charles’s milestone birthday. (More over here!)
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4. For her husband’s birthday bash on Wednesday evening, Camilla wore her lovely diamond cluster suite. (Much more here!)
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3. Princess Sofia of Sweden sparkled in her wedding tiara and diamond and pearl jewels for Tuesday evening’s Italian state banquet in Stockholm. (More over here!)
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2. For Tuesday’s state banquet, Crown Princess Victoria wore the family’s Diamond Six-Button Tiara and the grand Bernadotte Emeralds. (More here!)
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1. But my top vote of the week goes to Queen Silvia, who sparkled in the incredible Leuchtenberg Sapphires for the state banquet on Tuesday. (Much more over here!)

The Greek Tiarapedia Is Here!

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The newest section of the Tiarapedia has officially arrived, and it’s packed with tiaras that still belong to the members of the former Greek royal family. Thanks to their stellar royal family connections, these diadems are still sparkling decades after their owners were dethroned.

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This is just the latest section of the new, revamped Tiarapedia. The project originally began way back in 2008, with a goal of collecting information about royal tiaras from around the world. This year, I’ve been reworking and republishing the project with the latest provenance information available.

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Today’s newest section focuses on the fascinating tiaras of the former Greek royals, who have managed to hang on to some spectacular jewels in the midst of upheaval and exile. From diamonds to rubies to emeralds, the collection features something for just about everybody. And because the former Queen Anne-Marie is the sister of Queen Margethe II of Denmark, and the former King Constantine II is the brother of Queen Sofia of Spain, there are still plenty of opportunities for the Greeks to use them.

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I’m debuting a new, updated section of the Tiarapedia every week this autumn, so stay tuned next week for even more royal sparkle. Today, though, be sure to grab a snack and dig in to the immense glitter of the former Greek royal vaults!

This Week in Royal Jewels: November 2-8

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November 2-8, 2018
We’ve got lots of daytime sparkles on the menu this week — don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Camilla chose gold and diamond earrings, layered gold necklaces, and her poppy brooch for Monday’s Women of the World Roundtable at the British Council in Accra, Ghana.

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9. Queen Rania of Jordan glittered in an assortment of earrings as she presented an award in Berlin on Monday. (More over here!)
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8. Earrings from Sabine Getty sparkled on Princess Beatrice of York as she attended the Global Gift Gala in London on Friday. (Much more here!)
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7. To celebrate the 80th birthday of her sister-in-law, Queen Sofia of Spain, on Friday in Madrid, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece chose drop earrings, pearls, and a gem-studded floral brooch.
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6. For her birthday concert at the Superior School of Music in Madrid on Friday, Queen Sofia of Spain wore multicolored pearls and a festive brooch.
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5. Princess Firyal, the former sister-in-law of the late King Hussein of Jordan, wore sparkling earrings with diamond bows and gem-set tassels and a bright floral brooch on Monday for the Library Lions Gala at the New York Public Library.
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4. The Duchess of Cambridge glittered in diamond earrings on loan from Queen Elizabeth II at the Tusk Conservation Awards on Thursday. (More on the earrings here!)
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3. Camilla dazzled in diamonds from Van Cleef and Arpels for a state dinner in Accra on Monday. (Much more over here!)
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2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore the Graving Dock Diamond Brooch on Wednesday as she opened the new headquarters of Schroders in the City of London. (More on the brooch here!)
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1. For an event at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia on Wednesday, Queen Letizia of Spain mixed modern earrings set with black diamonds and the grand bracelets from the joyas de pasar. (More on that jewelry collection over here!)