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| The Spencer Tiara (Photo: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) |
The Spencer Tiara is displayed with Diana, Princess of Wales’s wedding dress in the Diana: A Celebration exhibition in Philadelphia, 1 October 2009
This Week in Royal Jewels: September 30-October 6
September 30-October 6, 2016
We’ve got some serious sparkle on hand this week, everybody! It’s going to be a tough decision, but be sure to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. On Monday, Princess Mako of Akishino wore a delicate pendant with a floral design at the first day of the Rakuten Open in Tokyo.
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9. Queen Letizia of Spain chose the “Leaving Gold” earrings from the brand My Collect for a secondary school visit in Mondonedo on Tuesday.
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8. In Amman on Wednesday, Queen Rania wore a pair of statement earrings with pearly drops to welcome Albania’s president to the country.
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7. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana of Thailand wore an on-trend choker necklace at the Chanel fashion show in Paris on Tuesday.
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6. On her departure from Canada on Saturday, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her pearl drop earrings with the Queen’s Diamond Maple Leaf Brooch. (See more on this appearance here and a recap of the tour jewelry here!)
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5. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands donned her diamond and tanzanite earrings for a museum visit in Utrecht on Monday. (More from this event, plus two more days of Maxima’s jewels, over here!)
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4. In Paris on Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a gorgeous diamond and pearl brooch at a Magritte exhibition. (More images, including a great brooch close-up, over here!)
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3. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wore the Connaught Pearl Bar Brooch on a visit to Martin Luther’s home church in Wittenberg. (More images, plus more on the brooch’s history, over here!)
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2. Sweden’s king and queen were also in Germany this week; for a dinner on Wednesday, Queen Silvia wore the Connaught Diamond Tiara with other fabulous Bernadotte jewels. (See close-ups over here, plus Silvia’s daytime arrival jewels!)
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1. And finally, my top vote of the week goes to Silvia’s second German gala appearance, where she wore two pieces of jewelry that belonged to another German-born Swedish queen, Victoria of Baden. (See detailed photos, plus historical views of Victoria’s jewels, over here!)
Baden Jewels for Silvia in Berlin
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| Queen Silvia in Berlin (Photo: MAJA HITIJ/AFP/Getty Images) |
Get excited, jewelry lovers: we’ve got a couple of unusual sightings from this evening’s dinner at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Queen Silvia of Sweden, who is on a visit with King Carl XVI Gustaf to Germany, paid tribute to one of Sweden’s other German-born queens: Victoria of Baden.
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You’ll likely recognize the tiara very quickly: it’s the Baden Fringe Tiara. We see this one fairly regularly these days, but Queen Silvia rarely wears it anymore — it’s usually Crown Princess Victoria who trots this one out.
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Even more exciting though? THAT BROOCH. Like the tiara, this piece belonged to Victoria of Baden.
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| Queen Victoria of Sweden |
In the picture above, you can see the brooch pinned to Victoria of Baden’s dress — in this case, just above the Baden Fringe, which she’s wearing as a corsage ornament.
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| Queen Victoria of Sweden |
Victoria’s also wearing the brooch in each of the portraits above. Please correct me if I’m wrong — but isn’t this the first time we’ve seen Silvia wear this brooch in public?