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The Daily Diadem: Queen Maud’s Turquoise Circlet

03.21.2017 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner wears Queen Maud’s Turquoise Circlet at a gala dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo, June 2010

This Week in Royal Jewels: March 10-16

03.17.2017 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

March 10-16, 2017

Time for the St. Patrick’s Day edition of our weekly jewel roundup! Which lucky royal lady will win your vote in the jewelry poll below?

(And, PS: head back here later for the latest jewels from the Cambridge trip to Paris!)

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10. Queen Letizia of Spain wore a delicate pair of earrings made of linked circles at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid on Tuesday.

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9. In Oslo, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wore statement earrings for a visit to the Stella Red Cross Women Centre on Thursday.

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8. Mette-Marit’s mother-in-law, Queen Sonja, chose a suite of diamond and black enamel jewels for Friday’s opening of the Centre de Creation Contemporaine Olivier Debre in Tours.

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7. Queen Letizia chose her Coolook blue quartz earrings for Thursday’s audiences at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid.

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6. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore Caroline Svedbom’s classic drop earrings for her name day celebrations in Stockholm on Sunday. (More over here!)

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5. In Rotselaar, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore gold jewelry, including a brooch in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, on Thursday at the Centrum Molenmoes.

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4. After the Commonwealth Day Service on Monday, the Duchess swapped out her pearl necklace for her gorgeous pansy brooches for a reception at Marlborough House. (More on her Commonwealth Day jewels over here!)

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3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her golden trellis brooch, a wedding gift, for the launch of The Queen’s Baton Relay for the XXI Commonwealth Games on Monday. (We talked about an early appearance of this brooch earlier this week!)

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2. The Queen Mother’s glittering Palm Leaf Brooch was the Queen’s choice for Thursday’s official re-opening the The National Army Museum in London. (More on the brooch here!)

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1. My winner of the week: the Australian Wattle Brooch, worn by the Queen at the Commonwealth Day Service. (More, including a close-up, over here!)

Birthday Jewels: Princess Astrid Turns 85

02.12.2017 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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The Norwegian royal court has released a new set of portraits of Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner. The king’s sister celebrates her 85th birthday today, and the jewels she chose for the images show her deep connection to Norway’s royal history.

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The most bejeweled of the three portraits is this one, which features Astrid standing between portraits of her parents, King Olav V and Crown Princess Martha. She’s wearing her heirloom set of turquoise and diamond jewelry.

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Here’s a better look at the jewels. The turquoises were inherited by Astrid’s grandmother, Queen Maud, from her own mother, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom. Astrid received the parure after the deaths of Queen Maud and Crown Princess Martha, and she’s indicated that the jewels will eventually return to the main line of the royal family.

And there’s one more interesting royal history connection here; Brock from the RJWMB has noted that Astrid’s bracelet appears to be the badge of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert — probably the one that belonged to Queen Maud.

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A third portrait shows Astrid with her brother and sister-in-law, King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and her nephew and niece, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit.