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.
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| Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark and Peter Brant at a Balmain party (Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Balmain) |
Another member of a royal family was out and about in New York last night: Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, granddaughter of Greece’s last king. She attended an after-party hosted by Balmain and Olivier Rousteing after the Met Gala. Above, she poses with Peter Brant, the son of model Stephanie Seymour.
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Maria-Olympia’s very short dress (by Balmain, I presume) and very tall boots were definitely the focus of her outfit, but she also wore a little bit of jewelry, including a delicate necklace. You can also see two Cartier LOVE Bracelets on her left wrist.
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| The Swedish royal family poses for a portrait before the king’s birthday gala (Photo: JONAS EKSTROMER/AFP/Getty Images) |
The final event of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s 60th birthday celebrations was the most glittering: a gala dinner at the palace.
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Queen Silvia wore the grandest diadem in Sweden’s vast collection, the Braganza Tiara, with coordinating diamond floral jewels and the diamond necklace with a pear-shaped pendant.
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Crown Princess Victoria made an early appearance in the Baden Fringe Tiara, which has become one of her signature pieces; you can tell that she wasn’t yet the primary wearer of the piece because the base is still wrapped in gray velvet to match Princess Lilian’s hair. Victoria also wore coordinating diamond pieces: her small earrings, a simple riviere, and a small round floral brooch.
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Princess Madeleine wore her mother’s diamond fringe — later Madeleine’s own wedding tiara — with a seed-pearl choker, diamond and pearl earrings, and a round diamond brooch.
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Princess Lilian wore two favorite pieces, one from her own jewelry box and one from the Bernadotte collection. The tiara, the Boucheron Laurel Wreath, is the convertible tiara/necklace that once belonged to her mother-in-law, Margaret of Connaught. The diamond necklace was converted from a stomacher that belonged to Queen Josefina. In 2013, to pay tribute to Lilian, Crown Princess Victoria wore both the tiara and the necklace at Princess Madeleine’s wedding. On this occasion, Lilian also wore diamond and pearl earrings and a diamond and pearl brooch.
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Queen Sonja of Norway wore pieces from one of her grandest sets of jewelry: the emerald parure.
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore her wedding tiara with Crown Princess Martha’s silver wedding earrings, plus (I believe) the brooch from the amethyst parure.
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Crown Princess Mary also wore her wedding tiara, pairing it with the earrings and pearl choker from her collection of aquamarine jewels.
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Princess (now Queen) Maxima wore pieces from the Mellerio Ruby Parure, including the suite’s gorgeous diamond and ruby tiara.
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Princess (now Queen) Mathilde wore her diamond laurel wreath tiara with a diamond floral necklace, diamond and pearl earrings, and a gem-set bracelet.
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Both Mathilde’s and Maxima’s mothers-in-law also attended the gala, as did Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. She wore the Chaumet Choker Tiara, plus the convertible sapphire tiara/necklace. Beatrix wore Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara, which all but disappeared into her hair, with the family’s Russian bow brooch. Paola wore another convertible tiara, the Diamond Art Deco Bandeau.
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The Jordanian royals were also at the gala. Princess Sarvath wore a lovely diamond tiara and brooch — and check out the rock on her left hand!
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Princess Rym wore an intriguing tiara with a pair of earrings that look like they might be part of a coordinating set.
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And one more tiara: Marie-Chantal of Greece donned the same JAR earrings and diamond bracelet from the night before, but for the gala she added her daughter’s diamond fringe tiara and a small diamond brooch.