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This Week in Royal Jewels: September 6-12

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September 6-12, 2019
Late summer has brought out some gorgeous jewels this week! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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20. The Duchess of Sussex wore her turquoise earrings (and a sentimental necklace featuring the initials of her husband and son) as she watched the women’s final match at the US Open on Saturday.

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19. Gold earrings were Autumn Phillips’s accessory of choice for the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland on Sunday. (More on the event here!)
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18. Princess Charlene of Monaco wore modern gold jewelry for the annual Monaco Picnic on Friday. (See close-ups here!)
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17. On Tuesday, the Duchess of Cambridge wore new gold earrings from Accessorize to attend the “Back to Nature” festival at RHS Garden Wisley in Woking. 
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16. Princess Maria-Olympia, granddaughter of the last king of Greece, wore layered necklaces (including one with a four-leaf-clover pendant embedded with a small crown) on Wednesday during New York Fashion Week.
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15. Sarah, Duchess of York wore earrings with red drops and a gold and diamond pendant necklace on Wednesday for the annual GFI Charity Day in London.
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14. For the launch of her SmartWorks capsule collection in London on Thursday, Meghan wore earrings and a bracelet that belonged to Princess Diana, plus additional gold bangles. (More on Diana’s jewels here!)
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13. On Tuesday, Empress Michiko of Japan wore silver accessories as she left the University of Tokyo Hospital following successful breast cancer surgery two days earlier.
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12. For the opening of parliament in Stockholm on Tuesday, Princess Sofia of Sweden wore classic diamond drop earrings.
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11. On Tuesday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore baroque pearl drop earrings for the opening of parliament.
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10. Late last Thursday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a striking modern brooch during a visit to the collegiate church Saint-Ursmer in Lobbes.
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9. Mathilde chose classic pearl drop earrings for Sunday’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of liberation following World War II in Antwerp.
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8. Queen Letizia of Spain chose her diamond and Australian pearl drop earrings for the inauguration of ‘El Viaje mas largo’ exhibition at Archivo General de Indias in Seville.
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7. On Friday, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore a golden brooch and a pearl bracelet to receive the Karl Kuebel Prize in Germany.
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6. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark made another appearance in a favorite anchor brooch on Friday during a visit to the Risum Skole school in Germany.
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5. The Duchess of Cornwall (or, more accurately, the Duchess of Rothesay) wore her favorite pearl drop earrings and her gorgeous offset black pearl necklace on Wednesday to open a new visitor’s center at the Bladnoch Distillery in Scotland.
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4. Camilla wore the intriguing Minoru Brooch for the Braemar Highland Games on Sunday in Scotland. (More here!)
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3. As she does every year, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore the Braemar Feather Brooch for the annual Highland Games on Sunday. (More over here!)
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2. Queen Silvia wore gorgeous pearl pieces from the royal vaults, including a fantastic pearl cluster and drop brooch, for the opening of parliament in Stockholm on Tuesday.
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1. My top vote of the week goes to the fantastic tanzanite and moonstone necklace and earrings worn by Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague for the gala diner for members of the Dutch Council of State on Wednesday. (See great views from a previous appearance here!)

This Week in Royal Jewels: August 30-September 5

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August 30-September 5, 2019
The summer holidays are drawing to a close, school is back in session, and we’ve got a super-sized royal jewelry review coming your way! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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20. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway wore simple stud earrings and traditional brooches for her confirmation at the Royal Palace in Oslo on Saturday. (More over here!)

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19. On Tuesday, Queen Letizia of Spain wore gold star threader earrings with her gold ring for audiences at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid.
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18. For Thursday’s visit to the former Danish Danevirke fortification in Germany, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wore gold and diamond earrings with a turquoise ring.
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17. For Saturday’s confirmation of her goddaughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore sleek silver jewels. (More here!)
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16. The Princess Royal wore pearl stud earrings for Sunday church services at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral this week.
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15. The Duchess of Cambridge made another outing in her favorite Asprey leaf hoops for Princess Charlotte’s first day of school in London on Thursday.
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14. On Thursday, the Duchess of Cornwall wore her favorite pearl earrings as she danced with Len Goodman during an event organized by the British Dance Council in association with the Royal Osteoporosis Society in London.
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13. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands appropriately wore red and white jewelry as she delivered 100,000 Liberation75 tulip bulbs, a gesture of gratitude to Canadians for their WWII service, to Canadian veteran Don White in the garden of Paleis het Loo on Monday.

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12. On Thursday, Queen Silvia of Sweden wore pearls and gold jewelry to attend the opening ceremony of the second Childhood House in Heidelberg.
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11. Exuberant tassel earrings accompanied Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to Saturday’s celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands in Zeeland. (More over here!)
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10. Princess Masna, sister of the Sultan of Brunei, wore jeweled brooch clips as she attended a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing on Thursday.
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9. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wore blue and silver jewels, including an intriguing brooch, for a visit to the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht on Saturday.
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8. On Friday, Empress Masako of Japan wore beautiful pearls for the awards ceremony of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo.
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7. Princess Astrid of Norway wore lovely pearls for the confirmation of her great-niece, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, in Olso on Saturday. (More here!)
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6. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark wore her gorgeous pink gem drop earrings for the confirmation of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway on Saturday. (More here!)
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5. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore classic diamond and pearl drop earrings for Saturday’s celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands in Zeeland. (More here!)
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4. On Sunday, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her newer Tudor Rose Brooch to attend services at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral.
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3. Queen Margrethe wore floral earrings with her diamond and sapphire anchor brooch on Saturday for a ceremony to unveil a statue of Bernhard Arp Sindberg in Aarhus. (More on the brooch here!)
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2. On Wednesday, Queen Margrethe wore the Danish Sapphire Fleur-de-Lis Brooch for a visit to the Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital. (More on the brooch here!)
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1. Queen Maxima chose diamond and pearl jewels, including the fantastic Dutch Pearl Pin Brooch, for a visit to Toldijk on Wednesday. (More over here!)

This Fortnight in Royal Jewels: August 16-29

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August 16-29, 2019
We’ve got more summer jewels in a super-sized two-week recap today! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. On August 25, Queen Letizia of Spain wore her petite dragonfly stud earrings to visit the hospital where her father-in-law, King Juan Carlos, recently had heart surgery.

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14. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg wore coral-hued statement earrings to deliver a speech during the closing ceremony of the 12th Francophone Angouleme Film Festival on August 25.
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13. A golden bracelet adorned Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, as she attended meetings at the Pentagon on August 29.
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12. Queen Sofia of Spain wore golden hoops and stacked bracelets and necklaces for a weekend hospital visit to King Juan Carlos in Pozuelo de Alarcon.
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11. For the opening of the 79th session of the Institut de Droit International in The Hague on August 26, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wore pearl button earrings and a double-stranded pearl necklace.
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10. Crown Princess Kiko of Japan wore classic pearls as she departed with her husband and son for a tour of Bhutan on August 16. (More here!)
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9. On August 17, Kiko wore pearls for the family’s first day of official engagements in Paro, including a visit to the National Museum of Bhutan. (More over here!)
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8. Kiko wore a gorgeous pearl station necklace for a visit to the national archery stadium in Thimphu on August 19. (More here!)
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7. For Sunday church services near Balmoral on August 25, the Duchess of Cambridge (or, more correctly, the Countess of Strathearn) wore her gold leaf hoop earrings from Asprey. (More here!)
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6. The Princess Royal wore pearls and a sparkling badge for services at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral on August 25. (More over here!)
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5. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch for church at Crathie Kirk on August 18.
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4. Queen Sofia wore a bright, cheerful butterfly brooch with her usual layered jewels to visit King Juan Carlos at the hospital on August 25. (See jewelry close-ups here!)
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3. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa sparkled in diamond earrings for a meeting at the Longchamp horse racetrack in Paris on August 29.
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2. At the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Ceremony on August 27, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore a vintage pair of silver earrings from Theresia Hvorslev. (More on the pair at The Royals and I!)
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1. My top vote of this roundup goes to a rarely-seen brooch from Queen Elizabeth II’s collection: the Onslow Butterfly Brooch, worn for services at Craithie Kirk on August 15. (More over here!)