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This Week in Royal Jewels: March 10-16

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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!)

This Week in Royal Jewels: March 3-9

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March 3-9, 2017

We’ve got some interesting pieces on tap this week, including a couple of glittering heirlooms. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

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10. Infanta Elena of Spain wore a classic pair of hoop earrings to attend the traditional thanksgiving to Medinaceli’s Christ at the Jesus of Medinaceli Church in Madrid on Friday.

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9. In Madrid, Queen Letizia of Spain wore long gold earrings from Tous at a tribute concert at the Auditorio Nacional de Musica on Wednesday.

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8. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands piled on the jewels, including a startling insect brooch, to visit an award-winning sustainable development on Tuesday. (See a creepy-crawly close-up over here!)

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7. On Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore her classic diamond and pearl stud earrings for a meeting with women from different areas of the Province of Hainaut.

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6. At Thursday’s unveiling of the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her gorgeous Collins Tanzanite Suite. (Much more over here!)

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5. The Princess Royal wore a very interesting gold and diamond brooch at the memorial unveiling on Thursday. (See close-ups over here!)

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4. During the imperial visit to Vietnam, Empress Michiko of Japan wore a mixed-metals floral brooch to meet with with volunteers from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency in Hue on Saturday. (See a brooch close-up over here!)

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3. Also on Saturday, Empress Michiko wore delicate pearl jewelry for a visit to the memorial house of Phan Boi Chau in Hue.

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2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore the full cluster and pendant brooch from the Cambridge Emerald Suite for audiences at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. (More over here!)

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1. My top vote of the week goes to Queen Mary’s Russian Sapphire Brooch, worn by Queen Elizabeth II at the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Unveiling on Thursday. (Read much more over here!)

This Week in Royal Jewels: February 24-March 2

03.03.2017 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

February 24-March 2, 2017

After the jewel-a-palooza of last week, we’ve got some quieter pieces on display. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

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10. Queen Letizia of Spain wore earrings from Coolook in Avila for a conference on women and disability on Wednesday.

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9. Letizia wore her freshwater pearl drop earrings from Tous on Thursday for the Rare Diseases official day event at El Prado Museum in Madrid.

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8. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her diamond and pearl earrings with the cap badge of The Rifles on Monday for a visit to the 4th Battalion at Normandy Barracks.

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7. For a UK-India culture reception on Monday at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of Cambridge debuted a new pair of earrings from Anita Dongre. (Read more over here!)

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6. The Duchess of Gloucester wore classic diamonds and pearls for Monday’s reception. (More over here!)

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5. In Tokyo, Crown Princess Masako of Japan wore gold and pearl jewels to bid farewell to the Emperor and Empress, who embarked on a trip to Vietnam and Thailand.

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4. Empress Michiko of Japan wore multi-colored pearl jewels on her arrival at a hotel in Hanoi on Tuesday.

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3. A large lily-of-the-valley brooch was the star of Empress Michiko’s ensemble during Thursday’s meeting with members of the Japanese community in Hanoi.