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Cambridge Visit to Paris: Jewels of Day 1

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on an official visit to Paris this weekend. Here’s a look at the jewels Kate wore during Friday’s events.

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William and Kate arrived in Paris in the afternoon, having left directly after distributing shamrocks to the Irish Guards in the morning. Kate wore the same Catherine Walker coat and jewelry as she did in Hounslow earlier in the day, although she removed the shamrock brooch from her coat. (See her St. Patrick’s Day jewels over here.)

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She wears the same Monica Vinader Siren Wire Earrings in green onyx that she wore in the morning. (More on these earrings over here.)

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You can see where the brooch was previously pinned to the coat.

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William and Kate began their visit by calling on President Hollande at the Elysee Palace.

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At Friday’s evening reception, Kate wore a McQueen dress with a suite of pearly jewels.

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The faux pearl and crystal jewels are by Balenciaga. She debuted the “Eugenia” earrings previously at Trooping the Colour 2016. (See more on her jewels from that event over here.)

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Today’s reception showed that the set includes at least two other pieces: a necklace and a ring.

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Here’s a closer look at the necklace…

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…and at the ring, which she wore on her right hand. On her left hand, she wore her usual rings; she also wore her Cartier watch.

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For a dinner at the British embassy this evening, Kate wore a Jenny Packham dress and accessorized with diamonds borrowed from the Queen’s collection.

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She wore two loaned items: the delicate diamond chandelier earrings and the geometric diamond bracelet.

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Here’s a closer look at the earrings. These have been in Kate’s jewelry box since the Queen loaned them to her shortly after the royal wedding. (Read more here!)

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And a better look at the bracelet, which was once worn as a choker necklace by the Queen’s grandmother, Queen Mary. (See an even closer view of the bracelet here!)

St. Patrick’s Day Jewels for Kate

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are due to arrive in Paris shortly for a two-day visit, but before heading out of Britain, they made a stop at Cavalry Barracks in Hounslow to hand out shamrocks to the Irish Guards.

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William was appointed Colonel of the Irish Guards shortly before his wedding in 2011. He and Kate have made several St. Patrick’s Day appearances in the years since to distribute shamrocks, and Kate always wears the same brooch: the gold and emerald shamrock brooch on loan to her from the regiment. The brooch was previously worn by the Queen Mother and the Princess Royal.

This year, Kate paired the brooch with the Siren Wire Earrings by Monica Vinader, which are set with green onyx. She debuted the pair during the Canadian tour last autumn. (See close-ups of the earrings over here!)

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Here’s a better look at the brooch. In this close-up, from the Cambridges’ visit to Northern Ireland in June 2016, you can see that the brooch is textured, not smooth. (See how she styled the brooch on this occasion over here!)

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The human members of the Irish Guards weren’t the only ones who received shamrocks. Kate also got to present shamrocks to the regiment’s mascot, an Irish Wolfhound named Domhnall.