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This Week in Royal Jewels: June 23-29

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June 23-29, 2017
We’ve got some wonderful and unexpected pieces in this week’s royal jewel review! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

(Note: some beautiful, elegant jewels were worn at the late Countess Mountbatten’s funeral this week; you can view them over here, but they were not included in these rankings.)
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10. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore hot pink earrings — and a … fuzzy swim cap? — on Thursday for a visit to the Architecture Museum Nagele in Urk.

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9. For an appearance at Jumping International de Monaco on Saturday, Princess Caroline wore a brightly beaded necklace and earring set, plus a gold cross necklace.
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8. To kick off a summer of 80th birthday celebrations, Queen Paola of Belgium wore pearls and diamond stud earrings as she sliced into a giant birthday cake on Thursday in Waterloo. (Paola’s actual birthday falls in September.)
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7. For Thursday’s Princess de Girona Awards, Queen Letizia of Spain wore girandole earrings from her jewelry box. (See more of the earrings she’s been wearing this week over here!)
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6. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her diamond and aquamarine clip brooches for the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
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5. Queen Elizabeth II rounded out this year’s Royal Ascot with a brooch of diamond flax flowers on Saturday. (Much more over here!)
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4. The Duchess of Cornwall kicked off a three-day tour of Canada on Thursday; she wore pearls and her Faberge Lily of the Valley Brooch for the welcome ceremony in Nunavut. (More on the brooch’s provenance over here!)
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3. My third vote goes to all of the jewels worn by Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg during the country’s National Day celebrations last weekend. (See more, including tiaras, over here!)
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2. Stefan, friend of the blog and writer at Royal Travel and Events, brings us even more jewels today from this weekend’s noble wedding in Germany. The gala featured numerous tiaras, including Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria wearing the Bavarian Pearl and Diamond Floral Tiara and a necklace with her initial. (Read more about the tiara’s history from our friends at Luxarazzi, and then head over to Stefan’s blog to see more tiaras!)
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1. My top vote of the week goes to the unusual, fascinating diamond and emerald bridal tiara worn by Sophie, Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg. (Much more on the tiara over here!)

Another Queen Letizia Earring Update

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Time for another survey of the earrings that Queen Letizia has been wearing this week in Spain! Which pairs would you like to have in your own jewelry box?

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Letizia debuted a new pair of earrings from Coolook — the “Sarin” style in aventurine quartz and pink quartz — for the Presidency of the Plenary of the Spanish Royal Academy of Language in Madrid on Thursday.

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On Friday, Letizia wore her diamond and ruby drop earrings for engagements in Santander on Friday.

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For the Discapnet Awards at the Somontes Club in Madrid on Monday, Letizia debuted a new pair of earrings from Spanish designer Gold and Roses. The earrings, which are made of white gold and diamonds, are the “Double Dagger” style.

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To receive the President of Slovenia at the Zarzuela Palace on Tuesday, Letizia reached for a familiar pair of earrings: her freshwater pearl drops from Tous.

This Week in Royal Jewels: June 16-22

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June 16-22, 2017
We were incredibly spoiled for choice this week where royal jewels are concerned, but here’s my selection of the very best pieces of the week. Be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below (and/or add your own list in the comment section)!
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10. Queen Letizia of Spain chose her white gold and diamond starburst earrings from Yanes to attend a cultural program for schools in Aviles on Tuesday.

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9. Princess Charlene of Monaco wore a striking cross necklace and pearl studs for the 57th annual Monte Carlo TV Festival on Sunday. (Much more over here!)
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8. For the first day of engagements during the state visit to Italy, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore rose quartz jewels from the family vaults. (Close-ups over here!)
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7. For Saturday’s Trooping the Colour festivities, the Duchess of Cornwall donned her twinned diamond clover brooches. (More over here!)
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6. The Duchess of Cambridge turned heads at Royal Ascot on Tuesday in the Bahrain Pearl Earrings, which are on loan to her from the Queen. (See an earring close-up over here!)
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5. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom attended Ladies’ Day at Ascot in bright pink, including her round pink cluster brooch. (More over here!)
4. In Rome, Princess Viktoria of Bourbon-Parma (wife of King Willem-Alexander’s first cousin, and the Dutch ambassador to the Vatican, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma) wore the base of the Antique Pearl Tiara and the family’s diamond crescent brooch for Tuesday’s state banquet. (More over here!)
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3. Even though it was a daytime event, the Duchess of Cambridge made magpies happy by wearing diamond earrings on loan from the Queen at Saturday’s Trooping the Colour parade. (More over here!)
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2. Queen Elizabeth II didn’t wear the Imperial State Crown at Wednesday’s State Opening of Parliament, but she did sneak in another piece of the Cullinan Diamond: the Cullinan V stone, worn in its lovely brooch setting. (More over here!)
1. My top vote of the week goes to — you guessed it — Queen Maxima, who wore pieces from the family’s grand Mellerio Ruby Parure at the Italian state banquet. (Much more over here!)