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This Fortnight in Royal Jewels: August 2-15

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August 2-15, 2019
Here’s a glimpse of the sparkling royal jewels worn over the past two weeks! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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10. Queen Letizia of Spain wore a clever pair of shrimp earrings with her gold ring for a visit to the Son Marroig museum and estate in Deia on August 8. (More over here!)

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9. On August 8, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her gold leaf earrings from Kiki McDonough as she participated in a charity regatta at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
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8. For a dinner for the local authorities at Almudaina Palace on August 7, Queen Letizia donned a classic pair of gold hoop earrings. (More over here!)
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7. On Sunday, the Duchess of Cornwall wore her favorite pearl drop earrings for a church service at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral. (More here!)
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6. Princess Martha Louise of Norway wore green-hued statement earrings as she attended the Starlight Gala in Marbella on Sunday with her partner, Durek Verrett.
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5. For the August 7 dinner at Almudaina Palace, Queen Sofia of Spain layered several pieces of jewelry, including a starfish pendant and earrings. (More here!)
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4. Theresa of Leiningen wore sparkling button-style earrings on Wednesday during the Salzburg Festival at Haus fuer Mozart.
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3. Empress Masako of Japan wore classic, sedate pearls on Thursday in Tokyo to attend the annual memorial ceremony to remember those lost in war.
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2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom chose her pink gemstone cluster brooch for Sunday services at Crathie Kirk in Scotland. (More here!)
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1. On Wednesday, Gabriele of Leiningen (who is also the former Begum Aga Khan) wore an absolutely stunning pair of aquamarine earrings at the Salzburg Opera Festival.

Princess Anne’s Diamond Festoon Suite

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The Princess Royal’s jewelry collection often doesn’t get enough attention. The daughter of a reigning queen, Anne has inherited and received jewels from the British royal family and from her father’s Greek and German royal relatives. Today, on her birthday, we’ve got a closer look at one of her earlier birthday presents: her diamond festoon necklace and earrings.

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According to Leslie Field, this necklace was an eighteenth birthday present to Anne from her parents, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Field describes the necklace as “an antique diamond festoon necklace with ribbons and bows, and pendant drops.”

Anne attends a performance of The Pirates of Penzance, May 1982 (Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy)

Some have suggested in the past that the necklace was remade from one that belonged to Queen Alexandra; however, most sources state that Elizabeth and Philip purchased the necklace themselves.

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Along with the necklace, Field states that Anne received a coordinating pair of diamond pendant earrings from her parents.

Anne’s engagement portrait, 1973 (PA Images/Alamy)

Anne often pairs the necklace and earrings with the diamond festoon tiara that she received as a gift from the World Wide Shipping Group. Along with wearing the tiara, necklace, and earrings together for various state events, Anne wore them in her engagement portraits. She also wore the necklace and earrings with a diamond floral brooch in her 60th birthday portraits.

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And the earrings have also had one more very significant outing: Anne’s daughter, Zara, wore them on her wedding day in 2011 (along with a tiara that had belonged to Prince Philip’s mother, Alice of Battenberg).

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Anne recently combined the entire married parure — tiara, necklace, earrings, and brooch — for a banquet at the Guildhall during the Spanish state visit in 2017.

Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post.