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Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia wears a pearl tiara in a portrait by Heinrich von Angeli, ca. 1896
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.
This Week in Royal Jewels: March 10-16
March 10-16, 2017
Time for the St. Patrick’s Day edition of our weekly jewel roundup! Which lucky royal lady will win your vote in the jewelry poll below?
(And, PS: head back here later for the latest jewels from the Cambridge trip to Paris!)
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10. Queen Letizia of Spain wore a delicate pair of earrings made of linked circles at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid on Tuesday.
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9. In Oslo, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wore statement earrings for a visit to the Stella Red Cross Women Centre on Thursday.
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8. Mette-Marit’s mother-in-law, Queen Sonja, chose a suite of diamond and black enamel jewels for Friday’s opening of the Centre de Creation Contemporaine Olivier Debre in Tours.
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7. Queen Letizia chose her Coolook blue quartz earrings for Thursday’s audiences at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid.
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6. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore Caroline Svedbom’s classic drop earrings for her name day celebrations in Stockholm on Sunday. (More over here!)
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5. In Rotselaar, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore gold jewelry, including a brooch in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, on Thursday at the Centrum Molenmoes.
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4. After the Commonwealth Day Service on Monday, the Duchess swapped out her pearl necklace for her gorgeous pansy brooches for a reception at Marlborough House. (More on her Commonwealth Day jewels over here!)
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3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her golden trellis brooch, a wedding gift, for the launch of The Queen’s Baton Relay for the XXI Commonwealth Games on Monday. (We talked about an early appearance of this brooch earlier this week!)
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2. The Queen Mother’s glittering Palm Leaf Brooch was the Queen’s choice for Thursday’s official re-opening the The National Army Museum in London. (More on the brooch here!)
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1. My winner of the week: the Australian Wattle Brooch, worn by the Queen at the Commonwealth Day Service. (More, including a close-up, over here!)