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Prince of Wales Feathers for Camilla

05.22.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

Camilla attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace (Photo: Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

At Thursday’s garden party at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of Cornwall wore a small brooch with a big symbolic impact.

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The brooch features diamond Prince of Wales feathers gathered by a single gray pearl, which is ringed with diamonds. The pearl cluster stands in place of the usual gold coronet that gathers the three ostrich feathers on the traditional heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales.

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Camilla has had the brooch since the ’90s, but her most significant appearance in the jewel was surely at her civil wedding ceremony in 2005 — the day she became Princess of Wales in all but name.

Maxima in Pearls to Christen a Cruise Ship

05.21.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

Queen Maxima christens a ship in Rotterdam (Photo: Michel Porro/Getty Images)

On Friday, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands traveled to Rotterdam to christen a new cruise ship, the MS Koningsdam.

Photo: Michel Porro/Getty Images

Maxima went for major pearls for the occasion: her pearl drop earrings with the round pearl and diamond stud, plus two layered necklaces of pearls and silver-toned beads.

Photos: LEX VAN LIESHOUT/AFP/Getty Images

Here’s a closer look at the earrings and the necklaces.

Photos: Michel Porro/Getty Images

Maxima left her usual stacks of bracelets at home, but she did wear rings on both hands. On her right hand, she wore the diamond and ruby ring given to her by King Willem-Alexander after the birth of their eldest daughter, Amalia. On her left hand, she wore her engagement and wedding rings.

The Nine Provinces Tiara

05.21.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

The Queen of the Belgians attends a gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen celebarating the 75th birthday of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on April 15, 2015 (DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)

For a royal house that has reigned over a country for more than a century, the Belgian royal family has a surprisingly small number of tiaras in their vaults. There are several reasons for this—pieces have been sold, inherited by women who married into other families, etc.—but the family has managed to hang on to one of their sparkliest heirloom pieces: the Nine Provinces Tiara, which is worn by the nation’s queen.

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