Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
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| The Brazilian Aquamarine Parure Tiara (Photo: Stephen Hird/WPA Pool/Getty Images) |
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| Kate wears diamond and pearl earrings in The Hague (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images) |
Insert your “Girl with the Pearl Earring” puns here: the Duchess of Cambridge chose a very appropriate — and, it turns out, valuable — pair of earbobs for her visit to the Netherlands today.
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Kate’s on her first official solo foreign visit today. Above, we see her meeting with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at Villa Eikenhorst in The Hague. (Maxima’s out of town. I KNOW. It’s a tragic missed opportunity.)
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For the visit, Kate wore a pair of earrings that she debuted during the recent tour of Canada: diamond studs with small pearl drops. You can see a detailed shot of the earrings above.
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| Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images |
You’ll recall that, during the Canadian tour, Heavenly Necklaces intimated that these earrings could be from their collection. We learned today that this is not the case: royal reporters have confirmed that the earrings are indeed on loan from the Queen.
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| King Philippe and Queen Mathilde greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (Photo: KOJI SASAHARA/AFP/Getty Images) |
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians arrived in Tokyo on Monday for a state visit to Japan. Luckily for us, there were some interesting jewels on show on the first day of the visit from both the Belgian royals and their Japanese counterparts. Let’s have a look, shall we?
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| Photo: KOJI SASAHARA/AFP/Getty Images |
Queen Mathilde’s major jewelry moment at the official Imperial Palace welcome ceremony was a pair of large statement earrings. You can also spot a watch on her wrist, plus a simple ring on her right hand.
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Nobody could top the chic elegance of Empress Michiko’s jewels at the same event. She wore pearl earrings (in an interesting shape), a pearl necklace, and a stunning modern brooch set with a large central pearl.
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| Photo: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/AFP/Getty Images |
At the state banquet last night, there were major diamonds on display.
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| Photo: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/AFP/Getty Images |
Mathilde wore the Wolfers Tiara, which she inherited from the late Queen Fabiola, plus her own white and yellow diamond earrings. She’s had the earrings in her collection for more than a decade.
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| Photo: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/AFP/Getty Images |
Michiko has long since stopped wearing tiaras, reportedly because of pain issues with her neck and back, but she still sported a bit of glitter at the banquet. She donned the usual diamond earrings worn by Japanese imperial ladies at court, plus an enormous diamond riviere.
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| Photo: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/AFP/Getty Images |
She also wore a diamond evening watch on her left wrist and a diamond bracelet on her right. Even more sparkle came from the embellishment at the waist of her evening gown.