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This Week in Royal Jewels: October 31-November 6
10. On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II joined King Philippe of the Belgians at the opening of the new Flanders Field Memorial in London. She wore her diamond and gold sunflower brooch, made in the 1970s by Garrard.
9. On Saturday, Charlotte Casiraghi attended a gala in Los Angeles, where she wore bracelets with her striking gown. Here’s a better look:
And — intriguingly — doesn’t that look like a wedding ring on Charlotte’s left hand???
8. Queen Letizia of Spain continued her love affair with petite pendant earrings at the Francisco Cerecedo Journalism Awards on Wednesday. Anyone else think this pair looks a bit like the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding earrings? (Sans acorns, of course!)
7. Last Wednesday, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore pearls and a silver cuff bracelet to give an award to Malala Yousafzai, one of the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize (and someone that I admire greatly!).
6. Back in the Netherlands after trips to Japan and South Korea, Queen Maxima wore hoops to visit a children’s music organization on Thursday.
5. In Campeche on Wednesday, the Duchess of Cornwall wore pearls and a pair of bracelets — plus, of course, her poppy — during an engagement with the first lady of the state of Monterrey.
4. On Thursday evening, Queen Elizabeth II attended the Recovery Pathway reception at Buckingham Palace with her grandsons, William and Harry; she wore her Cartier diamond and aquamarine clips paired together as a single brooch. Update: Yep, although this one resembles the Cartier clips, it’s actually a diamond and aquamarine brooch/set of clips that belonged to the Queen Mother, worn by HM recently at Ascot.
Crown Princess Mary visited a trade mart on Tuesday while on day 3 of her visit to South Africa pic.twitter.com/M9WBDv7o58
— Royaltyspeaking (@Royal_talk) November 5, 2014
3. During her recent trip to South Africa, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark wore a stunning pair of gold earrings, made by Jewlscph. They’re made of gold-plated sterling silver, and they retail for 520 euros.
2. From South Africa, Mary traveled to Geneva for an event at the United Nations on Thursday. She wore a large blue leaf-shaped brooch as she spoke during a meeting on the status of women.
1. As per usual, tiaras win the week for me! Hop over to Luxarazzi to see Grand Duchess Maria Teresa in the family’s citrine/topaz parure, and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie wearing one of the family’s amethyst sets, including the tiara worn above in the 1970s by Princess Marie-Astrid. Love the purple jewels on Stephanie with that gown!
State Visit Jewels: Dutch Visit to Japan
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are currently in Tokyo on a state visit to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. On Wednesday, the royal couple were welcomed to the Imperial Palace.
Everybody dressed just about the way you would expect them to: suits on the monarchs, tiny saucer hat and pearls on Michiko, and an orange dress with a turban-y headpiece for Max. She’s also wearing diamond pendant earrings with citrine drops, a golden bracelet, and a watch.
Also present at the welcome ceremony: Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako! So good to see her looking happy and healthy. She wore pearls, her usual daytime jewels, but she also wore an outfit in orange, the Dutch royal house’s signature color — a really lovely gesture of welcome to the king and queen, who have become good friends of the crown princely family.
At the state banquet on Wednesday night, Queen Maxima debuted a brand-new-to-her tiara: the Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara. It’s more than a century old, made of diamonds and pearls, and can be worn with or without a set of upright pearls on the top. (Max is wearing it without the extra pearls.) The tiara is one of Princess Beatrix’s signature pieces; it’s also the tiara she wore at her wedding. I wondered when we’d see Queen Maxima finally take this one out for a spin, and now we’ve got our answer. (I was excited to see the tiara — but disappointed to see that it looked a little bit askew.) She’s also wearing pearl drop earrings and part of the large diamond bow brooch from the Stuart parure.
“@VorstenNL: Nieuwe knopen op ‘hofrok’ hofhouding koning http://t.co/b0e8Q60GpP #Vorsten pic.twitter.com/tFyfAGRDQl” Great view of the jewels!
— Ella Kay (@courtjeweller) October 29, 2014
Empress Michiko didn’t wear a tiara, but she is wearing an impressive diamond necklace. And, of course, everyone’s wearing their chivalric orders. There’s a basic rule for order-wearing at a state banquet: you wear the highest order you have from the other country present, and if you don’t have an order from that country, you wear the highest order you have from your own country. From left to right, we’ve got Michiko wearing the Order of the Netherlands Lion; Willem-Alexander wearing the collar of the Order of Chrysanthemum with the sash of the Military William Order; Akihito wearing the Order of the Netherlands Lion (unseen beneath his jacket); and Maxima wearing the Order of the Precious Crown.
“@VorstenNL: Vliegende start staatsbezoek dankzij Masako pic.twitter.com/muxc6V1do3” Masako’s wearing the pearl & diamond sunburst tiara
— Ella Kay (@courtjeweller) October 29, 2014
And another extremely exciting tiara sighting: Crown Princess Masako at the state banquet, wearing full gala dress and jewels! She wore the tiara she’s been seen in most frequently in recent years: a pearl and diamond tiara featuring a modern starburst motif. The tiara is a part of a mirrored set, with a coordinating necklace in the same design. Masako’s also wearing the Dutch order she received during this state visit: the Order of the Crown.
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