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The Best Royal Jewels of 2016: #1 (Madeleine’s Tea Party)

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We’ve made it, everyone: this is the top spot on our Best Jewels of 2016 countdown! (If you’ve missed any of the list, catch up over here!) Who will be the big winner…?
#1: Madeleine’s Tea Party
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In February, Princess Madeleine of Sweden pulled off the very best bejeweled royal appearance of the year: attending a tea party for Swedish children dealing with medical issues, all while wearing full white-tie attire. The kids got a real-life princess in all her glory for this party!

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Madeleine wore a look worthy of the Nobels (in fact, repeated from the 2015 Nobels!): the Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik and other pieces of diamond and aquamarine jewelry. She even donned her Order of the Seraphim sash and her father’s family order! Her daughter, Princess Leonore, also came along for the fun.

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The aquamarine kokoshnik is one of my favorite tiaras, and Madeleine looks absolutely smashing in it, so this look would hit the top of my list on its own. But add in an event to celebrate kids who deserve a little extra brightness in their lives? How could I choose anything else??? (See the video from this event over here!)

The Best Royal Jewels of 2016: #2 (Mary’s Edwardian Tiara)

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We’re in the homestretch of our year-in-review countdown, everybody! If you missed any previous posts, catch up over here…
#2: Mary’s Edwardian Tiara
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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave us one of the best gifts of all in 2016: a new tiara! Technically, this is a piece we’d seen before — she wore it as a necklace in public for the first time in 2015.

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But she didn’t wear the convertible piece on a tiara frame until March of this year. She selected the diamond, ruby, and spinel tiara for a banquet at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. The tiara is an antique, made during the Edwardian period — hence the name I use for the tiara. (You can read all about the piece, including possibilities about its acquisition, over here!)

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Mary wore the tiara for a second time during a state visit from Mexico, and she was photographed in it again for Vogue this summer. I just love a tiara debut!

The Best Royal Jewels of 2016: #3 (Victoria’s Nobel Splendor)

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We’re getting close to the top of our year in review countdown! Catch up on any posts you missed over here…
#3: Victoria’s Nobel Splendor
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The annual Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm is always one of the most exciting events of the year for royal jewel lovers, and this year, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden gave us a tour-de-force jewel performance.

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Victoria wore an unusual diadem, the large Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara, which manages to sparkle mightily without a single diamond.
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The real virtuoso decision, though, was the pairing of the steel tiara with other jewels from the same era: pieces from the Cameo Parure. Add in a glorious gown with metallic embroidery, and you’ve got a truly remarkable jewelry moment! (See even more photos from the event over here!)