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Crown Princess Victoria’s Swarovski Sparkle in Sydney

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attends a reception for Swedish Australians and members of the Swedish-Australian Chamber of Commerce at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, on February 15, 2023 (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/Alamy)
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attends a reception for Swedish Australians and members of the Swedish-Australian Chamber of Commerce at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, on February 15, 2023 (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/Alamy)

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel embarked on a visit to Australia and New Zealand this week, and Victoria wore a very sparkly set of blue jewels for a reception in Sydney.

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The Connaught Scarab Necklace

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Prince Carl Philip, Princess Lilian, and Crown Princess Victoria arrive for the King's Dinner at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on December 11, 2004 (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters/Alamy)
Prince Carl Philip, Princess Lilian, and Crown Princess Victoria arrive for the King’s Dinner at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on December 11, 2004 (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters/Alamy)

Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden had a jewelry box full of lovely and classic tiaras, necklaces, and brooches—and some more unusual pieces, too. Today’s jewel, her scarab necklace, is an antique piece that falls into both categories.

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Sweden’s Sparkling Sunray: The Baden Fringe Tiara

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden poses before a royal banquet to honor the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2019 following the Award ceremony on December 10, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden poses before a royal banquet to honor the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2019 following the Award ceremony on December 10, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

This year, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden celebrates his Golden Jubilee, so we’ll have plenty of opportunities to see the Bernadottes sparkling at gala events! We’ll be talking a lot about Swedish royal tiaras this year, and we’re starting off with the history of a particularly glittering antique jewel: the Baden Fringe Tiara.

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