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Te Deum for Prince Alexander

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A te deum service for Prince Alexander of Sweden (Photo: kungahuset.se)

On Friday, a te deum service was held in Stockholm to give thanks for the birth of the newest member of the Swedish royal family, Prince Alexander. You can read the full program of the service here.

Photo: kungahuset.se

The baby prince’s father, grandparents, and Aunt Victoria and Uncle Daniel were in attendance; so was the family of Princess Sofia. The Queen wore pearls with her outfit for the service.

Photo: kungahuset.se

Crown Princess Victoria, visible here behind proud father Carl Philip, wore small stud earrings at the service. But the bigger question, of course, is this: what sort of party decoration does she have fastened to her head???

This Week in Royal Jewels: April 15-21

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April 15-21, 2016

A major royal birthday was the biggest event of the week, but everyday engagements brought us quite a bit of sparkle, too. Be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

10. On Saturday, the Countess of Wessex wore simple earrings, a pendant necklace, and a Girlguiding pin to open the organization’s new headquarters in London.

Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

9. In Spain, Queen Letizia wore her diamond wedding earrings to present a literature award on Tuesday.

Photo: MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images

8. Queen Rania of Jordan wore glittering drop earrings, a pendant with a pyramid-shaped stone, and a sparkling ring on Friday to speak at an IMF and World Bank meeting in Washington, D.C.

Photo: Pelle T Nilsson – Pool/Getty Images

7. At Thursday’s cabinet meeting, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore statement earrings as her King Carl XVI Gustaf announced the name of the family’s newest member: HRH Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland.

Photo: VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images

6. Princess Charlene of Monaco absolutely glittered in a gorgeous pair of earrings on Sunday at a tennis tournament in Monte Carlo.

5. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the Four Freedoms Awards in Middelburg on Thursday; she wore her drop earrings with embellished orange pendant drops.

Photo: Daniel Leal Olivas – Pool/Getty Images

4. Gold jewelry was on the menu for Queen Sofia of Spain as she attended a dinner in London honoring the centenary of the British-Spanish Society on Wednesday.

Photo: Arthur Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images

3. On the day before her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore a brooch of diamond roses for engagements in Windsor.

2. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, wearing diamonds, rubies, and pearls, also attended the Four Freedoms Awards on Thursday. Her brooch is the diamond and ruby bow brooch commissioned by Queen Emma.

Photo: John Stillwell – WPA Pool/Getty Images

1. My star of the week goes to a starry piece of jewelry: the Jardine Star Brooch, worn by Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor on her 90th birthday.

A New Prince in Sweden

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Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (Photo: Michael Campanella/Getty Images)
The palace officially announced this evening that Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden have welcomed a son. The baby prince is the couple’s first child. (Trivia fact: if the succession laws had not been changed seven months after Carl Philip’s birth, this baby would be a future Swedish king.)
Shall we start our name guesses? If I had to put money on it, I’d expect to see Bertil among the names, in honor of Carl Philip’s beloved great-uncle and godfather, Prince Bertil of Sweden.