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This Week in Royal Jewels: December 5-11

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December 5-11, 2014
Galas, galas, and more galas this week! Enjoy!

10. Kate’s new emerald demi-parure wasn’t the only surprise at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gala — Princess Eugenie, who lives in New York, dropped by the party wearing a pair of gold earrings with her gown.

9. Kate brought a few more surprise pairs of earrings with her to the US. This pair, crocodile earrings by Patrick Mavros, were worn at the Nets/Cavs game on Monday.

8. The other pair of Kate’s new earrings, silver statement pieces worn on Sunday evening for a private fundraising dinner, have not yet been identified.

7. Queen Silvia wore a pearl necklace that belonged to her late mother-in-law, Princess Sibylla, at the “A Heart for Children” gala in Berlin on Saturday.

6. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her pair of dragonfly brooches with diamond and pearl earrings for a visit to the Jubilee Centre on Wednesday.

5. During the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo, Queen Sonja of Norway donned the green amber and silver necklace given to her by the Polish president in 2012.

4. Camilla also attended the annual Sun Military Awards on Wednesday, and she brought along a show-stopping jewel: a diamond pendant necklace with an enormous square sapphire, plus coordinating diamond and sapphire earrings.

3. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore an elaborate necklace with blue gemstones from her own jewelry collection, debuted around this time last year, at a gala for the 75th birthday of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Princess Margriet’s husband.

2. At the same gala, Princess Margriet wore a lovely necklace — amethysts and topazes, perhaps?

1. We’ve talked about the glamorous jewels worn by the Swedish royal ladies at the Nobels on Wednesday already; on Thursday, they all attended the King’s Dinner, a second gala event for the Nobel winners. Queen Silvia wore the Connaught tiara, but the rest of the ladies — Victoria, Madeleine, and Christina — wore the same tiaras they’d worn the previous evening.

Victoria did add the necklace made from Josephine of Leuchtenberg’s diamond stomacher. And there’s something suspiciously sparkly in Sofia Hellqvist’s hair, too…

This Week in Royal Jewels: November 28-December 4

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November 28-December 4, 2014
Two state visits, a diplomatic reception, and earrings galore — enjoy this week’s royal glitter!
10. Queen Letizia of Spain has officially joined her Dutch and Belgian counterparts in the Big Earring Brigade. She wore this pair of exaggerated yet elegant pendant earrings from Tous during an introductory visit to Germany on Tuesday.

9. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians has added a pair of bright cobalt bobs to her own big earring collection; she wore these with a coordinating dress in Brussels on Monday.

8. In Amsterdam on Tuesday, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands chose an intriguing pair of dark beaded earrings from her own giant earring collection. Seriously, I think we’re firmly in Trend Territory by now.

7. One royal lady you can count on to stick with the classics is the Duchess of Cornwall, who chose one of her familiar pearl choker necklaces to Fortnum and Mason on Thursday. This one has a large all-diamond clasp with a cross pattern. She’s also worn her workhorse diamond and pearl drop earrings.

6. The Spanish royal family was out in force on Thursday at the National Sports Awards. Infanta Elena, eldest sister of King Felipe, wore a large bejeweled star brooch and pearl earrings for the occasion.

5. At the same awards ceremony, Queen Sofia wore gold hoop earrings and a coordinating necklace.

4. And Queen Letizia chose yet another pair of unusual over-sized earrings for the awards ceremony.

3. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway are on a state visit to Myanmar this week, and Sonja picked a bold necklace for a visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda on Tuesday.

2. For the annual diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace, Camilla wore the Shand Tiara, a diamond floral sparkler that belongs to her own family, with diamond earrings and one of her pearl choker necklaces with a diamond clasp. She also wore the sash of the Royal Victorian Order.

1. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have been in France this week, and on Tuesday, they attended a state dinner at the Elysee Palace. The French don’t host elaborate state banquets anymore (with the exception of the black-tie dinner for Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year), so no tiaras were worn. But crafty Silvia managed to wear major, significant jewelry anyway by donning pieces from the family’s Napoleon-era Cameo Parure.

She wore the brooch (which actually may not be original to the set) in her hair, as well as the earrings, necklace, and bracelet. She also wore her husband’s family order.

This Week in Royal Jewels: November 21-27

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November 21-27, 2014
We’re officially in the holiday season now, and it’s time to marvel at the lovely jewels worn by royals this week!
10. On Tuesday, the Duchess of Cornwall visited Birmingham University’s School of Jewellery. She kept her own jewels simple — pearl earrings and a few bracelets — but the visit provided a glimpse into the work of Britain’s up-and-coming jewel designers.

9. Queen Letizia of Spain wore her oval pendant earrings, plus a bright red lip, to attend an event on volunteerism in Palma de Mallorca on Thursday.

8. Letizia wore another pair of pendant earrings — this time in gold and rubies — at an event on Monday celebrating the 75th anniversary of the CSIC in Madrid.

7. The Duchess of Cambridge supported one of her patronages, the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, at the launch of their new charity appeal on Tuesday. She accessorized with her Kiki McDonough green amethyst earrings and Mappin and Webb’s Fortune necklace.

6. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore dramatic earrings and a diamond bracelet to an event at the orchestra in The Hague on Friday.

5. Wearing simple earrings, a diamond pendant, and a large cuff bracelet, Infanta Elena of Spain represented her brother, King Felipe, at the funeral of the Duchess of Alba in Seville on Friday.

4. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians chose gold jewelry, including earrings, a watch, and a bracelet, for her visit to a retirement home on Friday.

3. Queen Sofia of Spain wore dramatic jewels at an awards ceremony in Valencia on Tuesday.

2. On Tuesday, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore her multicolored pearls, a large brooch, and several bracelets from her charity, the World Childhood Foundation, to accept the Martin Buber Plaque in the Netherlands.

1. The British royal jewel collection got a little bit larger this week! In her role as president of the International Equestrian Foundation, Princess Haya of Jordan presented Queen Elizabeth II with the organization’s inaugural lifetime achievement award. The award included a white gold and diamond brooch designed as a series of interlocking horseshoes:

I have a feeling we’ll see HM debut this one at Epsom or Ascot this year!