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This Week in Royal Jewels: November 30-December 6

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November 30-December 6, 2018
It’s been a week full of glittering jewels, including a trio of tiaras! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. On Tuesday, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her Empress Mini Earrings from Mappin and Webb for a Christmas party at Kensington Palace for the families of deployed personnel serving in Cyprus.

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14. For the third time in as many weeks, Kate reached for her leafy hoop earrings from Asprey for Wednesday’s official visit to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
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13. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore one of her signature pieces — large gold earrings — for Tuesday’s UNESCO global education meeting in Egmont Palace.
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12. For a visit to an exhibition at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid on Monday, Queen Letizia of Spain wore her diamond feather climber earrings.
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11. On Friday, cameras caught Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wearing her shell earrings in Buenos Aires, where she attended various events during the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
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10. For an official visit to the Latin American Museum of Arts in Buenos Aires on Saturday, Maxima wore her suite of coral flower jewels.
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9. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her pearl necklace with the amethyst and diamond clasp on Wednesday in London, where she attended the annual ICAP Charity Day.
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8. Here’s a new face for the blog! Marie Chevallier, the lovely fiancee of Louis Ducruet (son of Princess Stephanie of Monaco), wore a matching necklace and earring set on Monday for the 2018 Ballon d’Or presentation in Paris.
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7. Queen Sofia of Spain piled on golden jewels, including a ginkgo brooch, to inaugurate an exhibition at the Caixa Forum in Madrid on Tuesday.
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6. On Friday at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom chose her Pearl Trefoil Brooch for the unveiling of a new portrait of her painted by Stuart Brown.
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5. The regal Flame Lily Brooch was HM’s accessory of choice for the opening of the Queen Elizabeth II Centre at CORAM in London on Wednesday.
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4. Lovely drop earrings set with blue gems (tanzanites, perhaps?) were Letizia’s accessory of choice for a concert commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution in Madrid on Wednesday.
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3. For Tuesday’s Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace, Camilla wore the magnificent Greville Tiara with diamond and pearl jewels. (More over here!)
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2. Kate chose jewels from Queen Mary (the Lover’s Knot Tiara and the Diamond Choker Bracelet) and Diana, Princess of Wales (the Collingwood Pearl Drop Earrings and her engagement ring) for Tuesday’s Diplomatic Reception. (More views here!)
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1. Diamonds adorned the Queen from crown to wrist at the Diplomatic Reception, including the Girls of Great Britain Tiara, Queen Mary’s Floret Earrings, and the King Khalid Necklace. (Much more here!)

Princess Caroline and the Diamond Festoon Necklace

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We often wistfully long for the day that Princess Charlene and her sisters-in-law will wear more of the jewelry that belonged to our Magpie of the Month, Princess Grace. But one of Grace’s magnificent jewels has had an outing in recent memory: her Diamond Festoon Necklace.

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The necklace, shown here during an exhibition in Antwerp in 2008, was one of Grace’s glittering wedding gifts in 1956. Made by Cartier, the piece features both round and baguette diamonds in its mid-century design.

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Grace wore the necklace for the first time in public on the night before her religious wedding in April 1956. For the opera gala held that evening, she paired the necklace with another wedding gift, the Bains de Mer Tiara.

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In October 1959, she chose the same combination of jewels for a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

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The diamonds of the necklace popped beautifully against Grace’s black ensemble for her private audience with Pope Pius XII at the Vatican in April 1957.

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In recent years, the necklace has been among the jewels frequently exhibited from the late princess’s collection. Above, the piece is included in a 2012 exhibition of Cartier jewels at the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.

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But in 2006, the necklace was worn once more in public by a Grimaldi family member. Grace’s eldest child, Princess Caroline, wore her mother’s diamond festoon necklace that November for the annual National Day gala at the opera in Monte-Carlo.

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As Caroline adjusted her shawl when arriving for the gala, we got a good look at the entire necklace. Here’s hoping that we see Caroline, Charlene, or Stephanie wearing the necklace again at some point in the future!