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This Week in Royal Jewels: April 22-29

04.29.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

April 22-29, 2016

With one birthday celebration wrapping up and another starting, this week included a number of glittering royal appearances. Be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below!

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10. Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco, the king’s sister, spoke at the United Nations in New York on Friday during the ceremony for the signing of the Paris Agreement. She selected a chic, understated pair of pearl earrings for the occasion.

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9. On Thursday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore pearl drop earrings at the ceremonial launching of a new ship in Oostende.

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8. The Duchess of Cornwall wore diamonds and pearls, including a diamond RAF badge, for engagements on Thursday.

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7. Pearls were out en masse on Wednesday as the Japanese imperial family hosted a garden party. Empress Michiko, Crown Princess Masako, Princess Kiko, and Princess Mako were all in attendance.

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6. The Spanish royal family celebrated the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes this weekend, and on Friday, Queen Letizia wore gold earrings by Tous during a luncheon for the Cervantes award.

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5. Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau glittered in earrings by Cartier at Wednesday’s King’s Day festivities in Zwolle.

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4. To host President and Mrs. Obama for dinner at Kensington Palace, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her Collins and Sons tanzanite and diamond suite.

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3. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore diamonds galore for King’s Day on Wednesday, including earrings and a ring that include pink gemstones.

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2. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted President and Mrs. Obama for lunch at Windsor Castle on Friday. The day after her 90th birthday, she wore one of her 18th birthday presents: diamond and aquamarine clips attributed to Boucheron.

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1. My top vote of the week goes to another piece of diamond and aquamarine jewelry: the modern Bulgari earrings worn by Queen Letizia to celebrate Cervantes on Saturday.

10 of the Best Jewels from William and Kate’s Royal Wedding

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Five years ago today, many of us were perched in front of our televisions, watching as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said their vows in Westminster Abbey. To celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, here’s a look at ten of the most glittering and beautiful pieces of jewelry that were worn on their wedding day. (PS: looking for our weekly jewel roundup? It’ll be up later today!)

Screencap from royal wedding footage

10. Lady Sarah Chatto wearing Princess Margaret’s jewels. It’s a little difficult to see in the fuzzy screencap above, but Lady Sarah wore a pair of earrings, a brooch, and a necklace inherited from her mother, the late Princess Margaret. The diamond and pearl earrings were also worn by Sarah on her own wedding day; the necklace (which originally belonged to Queen Mary) is made up of alternating diamonds and pearls, and is worn here with a pearl pendant. The brooch — Princess Margaret’s wheat-ear brooch — was pinned to her hat.

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9. The Duchess of Cornwall wearing pearls and a lucky pair of brooches. Camilla went with a single strand of pearls, rather than one of her usual multi-stranded choker necklaces, but she added a bit of sparkle with her pair of diamond clover brooches. Perhaps a bejeweled gesture to wish good luck to the bride and groom?

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8. The bride’s symbolic earrings. Made by Robinson Pelham just for this wedding, Kate’s diamond earrings symbolized the marriage of her old life with her new one: they wed together a diamond scroll that matched the design motif of her borrowed royal tiara with an acorn, one of the images found on her father’s coat of arms. The earrings were also “something new,” a wedding gift from her parents.

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7. Princess Ameerah’s astonishing diamond cluster earrings. In terms of sheer wattage, no pair of earrings at this wedding could touch the diamond clusters worn by Saudi Arabia’s Princess Ameerah. (She and her Saudi prince have since divorced, and I really hope she got to keep these.)

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6. Queen Maxima wearing (part of) her wedding tiara. This may have been a daytime wedding, unlike the Scandinavian royal wedding tiara extravaganzas, but that didn’t stop Princess (now Queen) Maxima of the Netherlands from smuggling in part of her own wedding tiara. She just affixed the diamond stars to her hat instead!

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5. Princess Lalla Salma, bejeweled from her head to her waist. The wife of Morocco’s king carries off “ornate” better than almost anybody else, and her golden and bejeweled suite of jewels at this wedding was no exception. Note that her golden belt perfectly coordinates with her glittering earrings and necklace.

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4. Queen Mathilde shows off one of her own wedding gifts. The classic Brabant Laurel Wreath can be worn as a tiara or, as Princess (now Queen) Mathilde did here, as an elaborate necklace. She also accessorized with diamond and pearl earrings, a diamond floral bracelet, and the diamond rose brooch made by Wolfers.

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3. Queen Elizabeth II wears one of Queen Mary’s grandest brooches. The elaborate nineteenth-century Lover’s Knot Brooch was purchased by Queen Mary from Garrard in 1932. Since inheriting it in 1953, the Queen has worn the large piece for two royal weddings: Princess Margaret’s wedding in 1960, and this wedding. It’s one of the largest and most glittering brooches in the Queen’s enormous brooch collection.

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2. A true royal wedding treasure: the Danish diamond daisy. Made of diamonds that once belonged to a British princess, Margaret of Connaught, this daisy brooch was worn by both Queen Ingrid and Queen Margrethe at their weddings.

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1, The wedding tiara. Really, it would be rude to offer the top spot to any other piece of jewelry. But this diamond and platinum Cartier tiara deserves it: worn by three generations of the royal family, it links Kate not only to the present queen (its owner) but also to the Queen Mother, who has been something of a role model for Kate in her new royal position. Glittering and modern, but somehow understated, it was a perfect “starter” tiara for a new royal bride.

Which jewels from this royal wedding were your favorites?

Camilla Takes Wing in Hertfordshire

04.28.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

Camilla visits the Queen Mother Hospital for Small Animals (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The Duchess of Cornwall began a set of engagements on Thursday with a visit to the Queen Mother Hospital for Small Animals. Camilla was there in her role as patron of the Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust.

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The duchess donned two pieces of jewelry: her diamond and pearl earrings, and her diamond RAF badge. Chris Jackson provided us with an excellent close-up of the brooch, which features diamond wings flanking a laurel wreath topped with a crown and containing the RAF’s initials.

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Animal-lover Camilla was totally in her element at the hospital, where she got to meet lovable patients like this dog, who showed off an impeccable taste in sweaters. But why the RAF badge for a visit to an animal hospital, you ask? Simple — after leaving the animal hospital, Camilla headed to visit RAF Halton, where she is an Honorary Air Commodore.