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Jewels in Motion: Madeleine and Chris’s Wedding (2013)

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Today, our survey of Swedish royal wedding jewels arrives in 2013, when Princess Madeleine married Chris O’Neill in Stockholm. Here’s a look at her gorgeous wedding jewels, glittering in motion!

The historic Vasa Earrings moved freely as Madeleine and Chris whispered during the ceremony. Read more about the history of the earrings over here!
Although her mother and sister had chosen to wear the family’s Cameo Tiara as a bridal diadem, Princess Madeleine wore her own diamond fringe tiara, a gift from her parents, on her wedding day.
The crown of Princess Sofia Albertina, sister of King Gustaf III, was displayed in the chapel during the wedding. The crown was made in Stockholm in 1771.
Chris leaned over to whisper in his bride’s ear near the end of the ceremony. This view gives you an idea of the large number of royals who attended the wedding.
You get a hint of the diamond bracelet worn by Madeleine as she and Chris exited the church; the large bracelet is a part of the family jewel foundation, and it features a zig-zag pattern.
The couple paused slightly as they exited the chapel after their wedding, giving us a good view of Madeleine’s gown, which was made by Valentino.
The couple kissed in front of an enthusiastic crowd gathered outside the palace.
Chris got a new piece of royal “jewelry” during his wedding celebrations, too: he’s wearing the Order of the Polar Star around his neck.

This Week in Royal Jewels: June 9-15

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June 9-15, 2017
Lots to choose from in the world of royal jewelry this week! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Queen Letizia matched white onyx and black onyx earrings from Coolook with a monochromatic dress to receive the President of Peru at Zarzuela Palace on Tuesday.

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9. On Tuesday, the Princess Royal wore pearls with her diamond, sapphire, and gold brooch and earrings to unveil a plaque at the new Postal Museum in London.
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8. At the Polar Music Prize Ceremony on Wednesday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore modern silver jewels, including earrings and a cuff bracelet, that coordinated with her gown.
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7. Princess Madeleine wore pink statement earrings to attend the awards ceremony; she also arrived wearing a set of long, thin, sparkling necklaces that competed a bit with her bow, but she smartly removed them.
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6. Queen Silvia went for classic jewels for the awards ceremony, including her pearl necklace with the topaz clasp and coordinating earrings.
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5. On Tuesday, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore a colorful pair of statement earrings from Amrapali to visit a new rose named in her honor. (Much more, including an earring close-up, over here!)
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4. On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore one of her wedding gifts, the largest Nizam of Hyderabad Rose Brooch, to recreate Queen Victoria’s first train journey. (Much more, including a stunning brooch close-up, over here!)
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3. Queen Elizabeth II wore another brooch, the Jardine Star, to Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday evening to attend an evensong service commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Companions of the Order of Honour. (See more views from the event over here!)
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2. Queen Elizabeth’s best bejeweled appearance of the week, for me, came when she wore her aquamarine clip brooches during Thursday’s visit to Poplar in Tower Hamlets in East London, an event that commemorated bombings in the area during World War I.
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1. But no one could top Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco this week, who wore a stunning suite of jewels, including earrings, a necklace, and a belt, to host the President of France for an iftar meal in Rabat on Wednesday.

The Swedish Diamond Epaulette Earrings

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The Swedish royal jewelry collection is absolutely lousy with sparkling earrings, but today’s earrings, the Diamond Epaulette Earrings, surely take the prize for the most diamond-packed pair.

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The earrings’ most important appearance in recent memory came at the pre-wedding gala for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel in June 2010. Victoria wore the earrings with a stunning one-shoulder gown. The neckline of the dress worked particularly well with the long earrings.

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The earrings are called “epaulette” earrings because, well, that’s what they used to be. In days gone by, when royal men would wear elaborate, jewel-encrusted military uniforms, these diamond epaulettes rested on the shoulders of a particularly sparkly dress uniform. Reusing the epaulettes as earrings is a rather ingenious move; they’d never be worn in public today in their original form, so repurposing them has saved them from gathering dust in a royal vault — or, even worse, from being broken up.

Crown Princess Victoria has been the primary wearer of the earrings in recent years, but they’ve also been worn in public by another Bernadotte: Princess Madeleine, who paired them with her Modern Fringe Tiara at her father’s birthday gala in 2016.

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But it’s been Victoria who has gotten the most mileage out of the pair. She wore the earrings at the annual King’s Dinner for the Nobel Prize laureates in 2011; more recently, she wore them with the Baden Fringe Tiara in Oslo for the Norwegian royal birthday gala.

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What do you think of this bit of royal jewel recycling: an effective choice, or a bejeweled blunder?