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This Week in Royal Jewels: June 1-7

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June 1-7, 2018
We’ve arrived in Royal June, one of the busiest times of the year — and our royal jewel review is appropriately super-sized! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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20. Queen Letizia of Spain wore a pair of delicate earrings with hoop dangles for a meeting with the members of the Boards of Trustees of the Princess of Asturias Foundation in Madrid on Friday.

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19. A pair of cluster stud earrings were Crown Princess Mary of Denmark’s accessory of choice for an appearance at European Development Days in Brussels on Wednesday.
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18. For a visit to the bullring in Madrid on Wednesday, Infanta Elena of Spain paired a modern brooch with button-style earrings and a pendant necklace.
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17. On Tuesday, Queen Sofia of Spain wore her trademark layered golden jewels for an art exhibition at Cibeles Palace in Madrid.
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16. The Princess Akishino is currently on a visit to Hawaii, where she wore pearl earrings, a lovely necklace, and a golden bangle with a floral lei a tree planting ceremony at Thomas Square Park in Honolulu on Tuesday.
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15. On Monday, Princess Kiko wore the signature Japanese imperial daytime pearls to visit the Ehime Maru Memorial in Honolulu.
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14. Queen Letizia wore her classic ruby drop earrings on Tuesday to attend European Development Days in Brussels.
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13. To host Queen Letizia on her visit to Brussels on Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a pair of statement earrings and her eye-catching diamond and sapphire ring.
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12. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore her seashell-shaped earrings on Tuesday for the official opening of the Princess Maxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht.
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11. Queen Sonja of Norway wore pearls and a modern brooch to welcome the President of Slovakia to Oslo on Monday.
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10. For Tuesday’s garden party at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of Gloucester wore lovely pearls with floral earrings and lots of rings. (More over here!)
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9. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her signature daytime jewels — pearl drop earrings and a pearl choker with a diamond clasp — for the Buckingham Palace garden party on Tuesday. (More from the garden party — including my honorable mention of the week, Prince Charles’s tie pin — over here!)
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8. Classic jewels, including golden pearl earrings and a brooch in the shape of a rooster, were the Princess Royal’s accessories for the Not Forgotten Association Annual Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
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7. Princess Anne wore her gold and diamond Andrew Grima stalactite brooch with modern earrings and pearls for Tuesday’s garden party at Buckingham Palace. (More over here!)
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6. For an official lunch with the Ukrainian president and first lady on Monday, Queen Letizia chose her lovely diamond and aquamarine earrings from Bulgari.
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5. The Sapphire and Diamond Grapes Brooch accompanied Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to the Royal Mews on Wednesday. (More over here!)
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4. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands glowed in multi-colored pearls on Wednesday for an awards ceremony in The Hague. (More here!)
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3. For the Oranje Foundation awards ceremony, Queen Maxima wore major pearl and diamond jewels, including one of the family’s most fascinating brooches. (Much more over here!)
2. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (who appeared to be holding back a sneeze!) wore the tiara and pendant from the amethyst suite for the Slovakian state banquet on Monday evening. (More on the jewels here!)
1. Queen Sonja glittered at the state banquet in the replica of Queen Maud’s Pearl Tiara, which she paired with pearl earrings and a multi-stranded pearl necklace. (More on the tiara here!)

Royal Jewels at the Royal Mews

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Duchess of Cornwall made a visit to the Royal Mews on Wednesday, where they attended a celebration for the tenth anniversary of the Medical Detection Dogs charity.

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The Queen wore her usual daytime jewelry uniform, including her triple strand of pearls. Her brooch for the occasion was one we don’t see often: the Sapphire and Diamond Grapes Brooch.

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HM inherited the brooch from her mother in 2002. As you can see in this close-up view (from a previous occasion), the brooch features diamond grapes gathered with a sapphire-set bow. I’ve noted before that I think this brooch was made by (or inspired by) Van Cleef and Arpels, as the sapphires appear to be placed using their famous mystery setting.

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Camilla kept her jewelry for the day at a minimum. Along with her usual daytime pearl and diamond earrings and a few delicate bracelets, she wore a badge featuring the charity’s logo. Camilla has been the charity’s patron since 2014.

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Both royal ladies are animal lovers, and they clearly enjoyed the visit. Medical Detection Dogs is a charity aiming to transform disease detection by harnessing the extraordinary smelling power of dogs to develop tests for a range of life-threatening conditions, including cancer. The visit included several demonstrations of the abilities of dogs to detect medical issues.