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This Week in Royal Jewels: August 4-11

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August 4-11, 2016
We’ve got a couple of sparkly, sporty jewels this week, plus a few unexpected catch-ups from last week. Be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Princess Anne is in Rio this week with the IOC and Team GB. On Friday, she wore a pair of simple gold stud earrings for the opening ceremony.

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9. She wore the same earrings with a gold pendant necklace on Sunday for a visit to Team GB’s preparation camp.
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8. Queen Letizia of Spain posed for portraits with her family in Palma de Mallorca on August 4. She selected a teeny pair of butterfly-shaped stud earrings for the picture session.
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7. At Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark cheered on the teams from both Denmark and her native Australia wearing a pair of hoop earrings with pearl drops.
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6. A day earlier, Mary wore a pair of earrings with bright orange drops for the IOC’s President’s Dinner in Rio.
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5. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore large statement earrings on Saturday for a visit to Charleroi’s police station.
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4. Mathilde was in Rio the previous day with King Philippe for the Olympics opening ceremony, where she wore one of her trademark pairs of large gold earrings.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
3. For an official reception at Almudaina Palace in Palma de Mallorca on Sunday, Queen Sofia of Spain layered numerous necklaces.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
2. Queen Letizia debuted yet another new pair of earrings from Coolook at Sunday’s reception. These are set with labradorites, citrines, and agates.
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1. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden went to the opera in Salzburg on August 4, and Silvia brought along her lovely suite of pearl and topaz jewels, plus an abstract brooch in diamonds and gold.

This Week in Royal Jewels: July 29-August 4

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July 29-August 4, 2016
Summer vacations and Olympic meetings dominate this week’s jewel roundup. Be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Infanta Elena of Spain was in Palma de Mallorca this week for the royal family’s annual holiday. She wore casual stacks of bracelets and necklaces on Monday at the Calanova Nautic Club.

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9. On Friday, Queen Letizia of Spain wore glittering star-shaped stud earrings to bid farewell to Spain’s Olympic team at the airport in Madrid.
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8. In Rio, Princess Anne wore pearls and a floral-esque brooch at the Team GB British House Reception on Wednesday.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
7. In Mallorca, Queen Letizia wore a pair of gold-toned hoop earrings from Mango for a big family dinner on Sunday at the Flaningan Restaurante.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
6. Infanta Elena chose a tasseled statement necklace for Sunday evening’s dinner.
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
5. And Queen Sofia of Spain wore a long, beaded necklace for the family outing. (And, bonus! That’s a sparkly headband on the Princess of Asturias!)
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4. Here’s a royal lady we don’t see often enough: Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia (nee Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein), the widow of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, who was the son of Prince Paul and Princess Olga. She wore a pair of major earrings with pearls for an art exhibition in Marbella on Friday.
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3. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark attended the opening meeting of the IOC in Rio on Monday; she wore major statement earrings, plus bracelets and rings, for the event.
Photo: KIM KYUNG-HOON/AFP/Getty Images
2. Empress Michiko of Japan was in Tokyo on Sunday for a concert. Unusually, she wore both pearls and a jewel with a colored gemstone: a lovely brooch that is set with diamonds and a blue stone (possibly a blue topaz?).
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1. Queen Haminah Hamidun of Malaysia wore glittering jewels — including rings and a gem-studded brooch — for Sunday’s Warriors’ Day Celebration, where she was visibly moved by the presentations.