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Kate’s Jewelry Box: The Lola Blue Topaz Hoop Earrings

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Kate wears her Lola Blue Topaz Hoop Earrings (Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

The Duchess of Cambridge’s jewelry collection includes a growing number of earrings from British jewelry designer Kiki McDonough — some petite, some statement. Today’s earrings, the Lola Blue Topaz Hoops, definitely fall into the latter category.

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Kate wore the earrings in public for the first time in July 2012. She debuted them at a Buckingham Palace reception ahead of the London Olympic Games. The earrings fit neatly with her “ring” jewelry aesthetic for Olympic events.

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The earrings are described on the Kiki McDonough website as “stunning blue topaz and diamond hoops in 18ct white gold.” The earrings are actually a double hoop: a large ring of alternating blue topazes and diamonds suspended from a much smaller, diamond-studded hoop. The pair retails on the website for £3,200.

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Kate wore the earrings again in July 2012 for a creative industries reception at the Royal Academy of Arts.

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She also demonstrated the versatility of the earrings in November 2014, wearing them with an evening gown for the Royal Variety Performance.

Kate Wears Kiki in Northern Ireland

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William and Kate attend a garden party in Northern Ireland (Photo: Carrie Davenport/Getty Images)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge traveled to Northern Ireland on Monday, where they attended a garden party at Hillsborough Castle. Kate wore two familiar pieces of jewelry, but she also debuted yet another new pair of earrings.

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William and Kate actualy began their day at the US Embassy in London, where they signed a book of condolence for the victims of the Orlando shooting massacre. Kate wore her “Lauren” earrings by Kiki McDonough.

And then the Cambridges headed to Belfast and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s Garden Party at Hillsborough. Kate wore a new pair of Kiki McDonough earrings: the Eden Diamond Flower and Citrine Drop Earrings. A similar pair with lemon quartz drops retailed on the firm’s website for £2,900.

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Kate also wore the gold and emerald Irish Guards Shamrock Brooch pinned to her lapel.

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And here’s one more view of both the brooch and the earrings. What do you think of these new Kiki additions?