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This Week in Royal Jewels: February 17-23

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February 17-23, 2017
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10. Queen Letizia of Spain borrowed a pair of pale-pink earrings from Queen Sofia to welcome the President and First Lady of Argentina to Madrid on Wednesday. (More over here!)

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9. After Friday’s Te Deum service in memory of the deceased members of Belgium’s royal family, Queen Mathilde posed with local children while wearing pearl earrings and a modern brooch.
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8. Queen Letizia wore a lovely pair of long pearl drop earrings on Thursday for the opening of ARCO 2017 in Madrid. These were also previously worn by Queen Sofia; in fact, Infanta Elena wore them at her wedding.
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7. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her diamond and sapphire dragonfly brooches for a reception to launch The Great Get Together at Clarence House on Wednesday.
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6. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands glittered in a passel of jewels, including earrings from Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, for the opening of the “Royal Paradise” exhibition in Dortrecht on Saturday. (More photos over here!)
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5. For a reception for female permanent secretaries on Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore an heirloom of the crown: the Albert Brooch.
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4. At Tuesday’s Canadian state banquet, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore Queen Sofia’s Tiara with several pieces of diamond jewelry from the family collection. (More photos here!)
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3. Princess Madeleine of Sweden selected the Aquamarine Kokoshnik for the state banquet. (More over here!)
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2. And Princess Sofia made yet another tiara debut at the banquet, wearing the Napoleonic Amethyst Parure Tiara. (More over here!)
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1. Really, was there any other choice? (Much, much more over here!)

State Visit Jewels: Canadian Visit to Sweden

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The Governor-General of Canada called on the King of Sweden for a state visit yesterday, and by evening, there were tiaras-a-plenty on display in Stockholm.

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For the official ceremony welcoming David and Sharon Johnston to the Royal Palace, Queen Silvia wore multi-colored pearls and a stack of bracelets.

Princess Sofia wore a rather interesting headpiece for the welcome ceremony — looks possibly like a Lynggaard creation?

For the state banquet, Silvia selected Queen Sofia’s Tiara — better known, of course, as the Nine Prong — with other diamonds from the family vaults.

To my utter delight, Princess Madeleine turned up once again in the Aquamarine Kokoshnik, pairing it with a long, dramatic pair of aquamarine drop earrings.

But perhaps the biggest surprise of the night came from Princess Sofia, who wore yet another family tiara for the first time. For the banquet, she wore the Napoleonic Amethyst Tiara, balancing the circlet atop her long hair. She’s also wearing the earrings made from Queen Josefina’s Diamond Stomacher.


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