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Awards Ceremony Jewels in Monte-Carlo

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The Golden Nymph Awards, the closing ceremony of the annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival, was held in Monaco on Tuesday, and there were lots of diamonds sparkling at the event!

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Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were present for the black-tie event, which will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year.

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Charlene’s major accessory for the evening was a pair of jaw-dropping modern diamond earrings.

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She paired the earrings with a daring white evening gown.

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White was also the color of choice for another family that resides in Monaco: Carlo and Camilla of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, who are descended from the royals who once ruled over the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.

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Camilla wore a pair of major diamond earrings for the ceremony — and check out that ring!

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She also wore a silver-toned bracelet on her left wrist.

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Carlo and Camilla’s teenaged daughters attended the ceremony with them this year, too.

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Maria Carolina, who will turn sixteen in a few days, wore clip earrings and layered necklaces with pave-set heart pendants.

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Her younger sister, fourteen-year-old Maria Chiara, wore a necklace from the Magic Alhambra collection by Van Cleef and Arpels.

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Both girls also wore rings, and Maria Chiara sported a bracelet on her left wrist that appeared to match the design motifs of her necklace.

A Grimaldi Heirloom for Charlotte Casiraghi

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This weekend, Charlotte Casiraghi, the elder daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco, married Dimitri Rassam in a civil ceremony at the Palais Princier in Monaco. At the reception that followed, she dipped into the princely jewel vaults to bring out one of her grandmother’s most famous jewels.

Charlotte wore a white gown for the reception, accessorizing it with the Diamond Festoon Necklace that belonged to her grandmother, the late Princess Grace of Monaco.

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The necklace was one of Grace’s wedding gifts. Made by Cartier in 1956, the piece features both round and baguette diamonds in its mid-century design.

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By wearing the necklace for the reception following her civil wedding ceremony, Charlotte followed directly in Grace’s footsteps. Grace wore the necklace with the Bains de Mer Tiara (more here!) for the opera gala held on the night of her civil wedding ceremony, before her religious wedding the following day. (Charlotte’s religious wedding is reportedly scheduled for a later date in France.)

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The necklace is most often seen these days as part of various exhibitions, but it has been worn since Grace’s death. In 2006, for example, Princess Caroline wore it for the National Day gala at the opera house in Monte-Carlo.