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This Week in Nobel Gala Jewels: December 7-13

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December 7-13, 2018
There was so much sparkling splendor at this week’s Nobel Prize gala festivities, they needed their own separate review! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. and 9. For the Nobel Peace Prize banquet on Monday in Oslo, Queen Sonja chose a statement necklace with coordinating earrings, while Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore sparkling diamonds on her wrist.

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8. For Monday evening’s Nobel gala in Stockholm, Bettina Bernadotte (granddaughter of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia) wore a family tiara made of cufflinks that belonged to her great-grandfather, King Gustaf V of Sweden. She’s also wearing two medals (one commemorating King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 70th birthday, the other commemorating his Ruby Jubilee) and a miniature portrait of King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden framed in diamonds.
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7. and 6. For the annual King’s Dinner in Stockholm on Tuesday, Princess Sofia wore the all-diamond version of her wedding tiara (more here!), while Crown Princess Victoria selected the Boucheron Laurel Wreath Tiara (more here!).
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5. For Monday’s Nobel banquet, Princess Christina wore the Diamond Six Button Tiara with a suite of jewels from her own collection. (Much more here!)
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4. For Tuesday’s King’s Dinner, Queen Silvia of Sweden glittered in diamonds, including the classic Baden Fringe Tiara. (More on the tiara here!)
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3. Pearls and diamonds, including the pearl setting of her wedding tiara and a new seed pearl choker, were Princess Sofia’s choice for the Nobel banquet on Monday. (Much more over here!)
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2. Crown Princess Victoria paired the Connaught Diamond Tiara with diamonds from the Braganza Parure for Monday’s Nobel festivities in Stockholm. (Much more over here!)
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1. Queen Silvia wore Queen Sofia’s Tiara and the grand Bernadotte Emeralds with the Vasa Earrings for Monday’s Nobel ceremony and banquet. (Learn more about all of the jewels here!)

Nobel Jewels 2018: Princess Christina

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Our tour of Monday’s Nobel tiaras wraps up with a surprise attendee: Princess Christina! The palace doesn’t mention her in its official press releases, and she’s recently retired from most public appearances, so it was very exciting to see her at the festivities.

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Christina wore a tiara that has been one of her favorites in recent years: the Diamond Six-Button Tiara. (Learn about its interesting history here!)

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She paired it with a suite of gold and pearl jewels with gemstone pendants. The color and cut of the stones mean that the pendants are nearly translucent, giving them an especially luminous effect. The set has been in her jewelry box for at least a decade.

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She also wore the sash and star of the Order of the Seraphim and her brother’s Royal Family Order.

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A large cocktail ring was visible on her right hand.

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Here’s a look at Christina’s entire ensemble. It’s good to see her looking so well!

Nobel Jewels 2018: Princess Sofia

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Our Nobel jewelry-palooza rolls on with a look at the sparkling jewels worn by Princess Sofia in Stockholm!

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Just like her mother-in-law, Princess Sofia chose to wear the same tiara that she wore for the Nobels last year: the pearl setting of her Diamond Palmette Tiara. (See last year’s appearance here!)

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The tiara is a reworked version of her wedding tiara, which was itself a remodeled emerald and diamond necklace from Queen Silvia’s collection. (Learn more about it here!)

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Sofia echoed the tiara’s upright pearls by wearing diamond and pearl drop earrings.

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And, dramatically, she chose to wear a large seed pearl and diamond choker necklace.

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Sofia’s necklace is similar to — but not the same as — one often worn a decade or so ago by Princess Madeleine. (Above, she’s wearing it for the Nobels in 2002.) You’ll note that Madeleine’s choker necklace has fewer rows of seed pearls and larger, more widely space diamond sections. The choker Madeleine wore has significant royal provenance: it belonged to Queen Victoria of Sweden. (It’s certainly possible that Sofia’s also has a royal pedigree — this style of necklace was very popular at the beginning of the twentieth century, and there were a lot of them in royal jewelry boxes.)

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Anyway, back to Sofia’s jewelry — she secured the sash of the Order of the Seraphim with this lovely diamond and pearl brooch.

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And here’s her Royal Family Order, made when she joined the family in 2015.

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Here’s a look at her entire ensemble for the evening.