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The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary of the United Kingdom) wears a diamond and ruby aigrette with feathers in a portrait, ca. 1890s
This Week in Royal Jewels: March 31-April 6
March 31-April 6, 2017
Lots of state visiting happening again this week, so we’ve got plenty of sparkle to enjoy. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. For a King’s Day concert in Tilburg, Queen Maxima wore a pair of modern earrings with a pair of sentimental family bracelets. (See more over here!)
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9. In Brazil, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore pearls, a golden brooch, and coral earrings for a visit to Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia on Thursday.
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8. The Duchess of Cambridge chose diamond and pearl earrings borrowed from the Queen for a Service of Hope at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday. (More over here!)
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7. At Vienna’s Hofburg Palace on Wednesday, the Duchess of Cornwall wore pearls and diamonds for a state dinner. (More over here!)
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6. To welcome King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain to Tokyo on Wednesday, Empress Michiko of Japan wore pearls with a golden brooch. (More over here!)
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5. Queen Letizia chose diamonds and rubies for a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister in Tokyo on Thursday. (Much more over here!)
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4. For Wednesday’s welcome ceremony, Letizia borrowed diamond and ruby dove earrings from her mother-in-law, Queen Sofia. (More over here!)
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3. The Duchess of Cornwall dazzled in diamonds — and a new bracelet/watch — at a gala reception in Florence on Monday evening. (Much more over here!)
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2. My second place for the week goes collectively to the ladies of Japan’s imperial family, who brought out some major glitter for the Spanish state banquet on Wednesday. (See details over here!)
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1. Queen Letizia stunned at Wednesday’s state banquet in Tokyo, wearing the Spanish Floral Tiara, her fleur-de-lis brooch, the bracelets from the joyas de pasar collection, and a pair of diamond and sapphire earrings previously worn by Queen Sofia. (See much more over here!)
Charles and Camilla in Austria: State Dinner
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On Wednesday evening, President van der Bellen of Austria and his wife, Doris Schmidauer, hosted a state dinner for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.
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Camilla wore the pearl choker necklace with the larger, cross-shaped diamond clasp and diamond earrings from Van Cleef and Arpels’s classic Alhambra collection. Camilla has several pieces from the line.
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She also wore a diamond bracelet on her left wrist.