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This Week in Royal Jewels: October 7-13

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October 7-13, 2016
Between state banquets and royal weddings, it was a bang-up week for royal jewelry. To give all of the best pieces a proper amount of breathing room, we’re separating this week’s jewel roundup into two posts. The tiaras will have their own separate post later today — in the meantime, here’s everything else! Be sure to vote for your favorites below!
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10. The Duchess of Cambridge made a solo visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday, and she brought some very royal jewelry with her: pearl and diamond earrings borrowed from the Queen. (More pictures over here!)

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9. Queen Sonja of Norway welcomed Singapore’s first couple to Oslo on Monday wearing pearls and a golden brooch.
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8. For Spain’s national day, Queen Letizia donned her diamond and Australian pearl drop earrings at the annual military parade in Madrid. (More pictures here!)
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7. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians selected a pair of statement earrings for the welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. (More pictures here!)
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6. The Belgian state visit to Japan continued on Wednesday with a trip to a communications center in Yuki. Empress Michiko wore an elegant diamond and pearl brooch for the engagement.
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5. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore her beaded tassel earrings on Wednesday at a press conference in Buenos Aires.
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4. For the arrival of Belgium’s royal couple at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace on Tuesday, Empress Michiko was elegant in pearls and a modern brooch. (More pictures here!)
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3. At an evening reception at the Royal Academy of Art, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore the Cartier-made diamond ivy leaf clips from the Greville Bequest. (More pictures here!)
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2. Earlier the same day, Queen Elizabeth II wore the Round Cambridge Emerald Brooch with its cabochon emerald pendant drop for audiences at Buckingham Palace. (More pictures here!)
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1. Empress Michiko didn’t wear a tiara at the state banquet on Tuesday, but she dazzled in major diamonds anyway. (More pictures here — and don’t forget to stay tuned for the week’s tiara roundup later today!)

State Visit Jewels: Belgian Visit to Japan

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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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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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At the state banquet last night, there were major diamonds on display.

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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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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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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.

This Week in Royal Jewels: September 30-October 6

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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!)