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This Week in Royal Jewels: November 1-7

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November 1-7, 2019
From brooches to tiaras, we’ve got plenty of royal jewels to enjoy this week! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. The Princess of Asturias wore classic gold hoop earrings to deliver remarks in Catalan at the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards in Barcelona on Monday.

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14. On Wednesday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wore a pair of red and blue earrings for a visit to a piano manufacturer in Ruiselede.
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13. Queen Mathilde paired her signature gold earrings with a bold golden leaf brooch for Tuesday’s visit to the Ter Duinen hotel school in Koksijde.
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12. Though she has been battling a serious cold all week, the Duchess of Cornwall pinned on a poppy brooch to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Farmers’ Market on Wednesday. (See more British bejeweled poppy brooches here!)
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11. Princess Michael of Kent wore floral earrings and a necklace set with a single pearl for a tea party promoting her books in Costa Mesa, California, on Tuesday.
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10. For Thursday’s launch of the National Emergencies Trust at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the Duchess of Cambridge wore her sapphire cluster drop earrings and one of her bejeweled poppy pins. (More on her pin collection here!)
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9. In Utrecht, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore bold yellow hoop earrings with two family diamond bracelets and a gray pearl ring for Tuesday’s opening of Pension3days.
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8. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands wore gray pearls on Monday for the presentation of the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund Prize.
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7. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore an eye-catching set of garnet tassel jewelry on Tuesday in Sarajevo during her three-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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6. For a portrait with past Princess of Girona Foundation Award winners on Monday, Queen Letizia of Spain wore her diamond and ruby cabochon drop earrings.
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5. Classic pearls accompanied Crown Princess Kiko of Japan to the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa on Saturday.
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4. Princess Beatrix wore sapphire cluster earrings, a necklace set with blue gems, and a diamond shamrock brooch for a visit to a Foundation for Grandparents in Alkmaar on Wednesday.
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3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore pearls with the Kent Amethyst Brooch for Tuesday’s visit to the Royal British Legion Industries village in Aylesford. (See a close-up here!)
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2. For the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards in Barcelona on Monday, Queen Letizia wore the dazzling diamond earrings from the joyas de pasar collection. (More on the joyas here!)
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1. My top vote of the week goes to Queen Sonja of Norway, who sparkled in Queen Maud’s Pearl Tiara and the Drapers’ Company Brooch for Wednesday’s state dinner in honor of the President of Slovenia in Oslo. (More on the tiara here and the brooch here!)

This Week in Royal Jewels: October 25-31

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October 25-31, 2019
Royal birthdays and royal receptions were some of the bejeweled highlights of the week! Don’t forget to vote for your favorites in the poll below!
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15. Queen Letizia of Spain wore the Double Dagger earrings from Gold and Roses on Wednesday for the International Friendship Award at the IESE Business School in Madrid.

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14. On Friday, the Duchess of Sussex wore sparkling stud earrings with a delicate bracelet for a roundtable discussion on gender equality with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and One Young World at Windsor Castle.
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13. For Wednesday’s working visit to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore a pair of origami-style gold earrings.
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12. Queen Paola of Belgium wore golden earrings and bracelets on Friday at the Royal Palace for the eighteenth birthday celebrations for her granddaughter, the Duchess of Brabant. (More over here!)
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11. On Friday, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant wore a pair of diamond and gold earrings to celebrate her eighteenth birthday at the Royal Palace in Brussels. (Much more here!)
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10. The Countess of Wessex wore a suite of jewelry set with amber for a reception to celebrate the work of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
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9. On Sunday, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (who was born in Canada during the royal family’s WWII exile) wore gold earrings and brooches to pay her respects at the Canadian Cemetery of Honor in Bergen op Zoom on the Dutch Memorial Day of Canada.
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8. Princess Margriet wore festive red earrings and a lovely leaf brooch on Friday for the re-opening of the Liberation Museum Zeeland in Nieuwdorp.
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7. Princess Alexandra of Greece (daughter of Prince Michael) wore baroque pearl drop earrings for the FGI Night Of Stars Gala last Thursday evening in New York.
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6. For a guided tour of the Translational Brain Laboratory in Amsterdam on Thursday, Queen Maxima wore her garnet and diamond tassel earrings and her serpent ring. (See a closer view of the ring here!)
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5. The Duchess of Cornwall wore her four-row pearl necklace with the large diamond clasp for a service at St Bride’s Church in London on Tuesday to commemorate journalists, camera-crew, and support staff who have lost their lives on the frontline.
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4. On Tuesday, Queen Maxima wore major diamond stud earrings to welcome the President and First Lady of Poland to the Palace Noordeinde in The Hague.
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3. On Friday, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians sparkled in aquamarine earrings to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of her daughter, the Duchess of Brabant, in Brussels. (More over here!)
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2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom wore her Sapphire Chrysanthemum Brooch on Tuesday for a reception to celebrate the work of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust at Buckingham Palace. (More on the brooch here!)
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1. Empress Masako of Japan gleamed at the third enthronement banquet on Tuesday, wearing a pearl and diamond necklace that belonged to the late Princess Chichibu.

This Week in Royal Tiaras: October 18-24

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October 18-24, 2019
We’ve already reviewed the rest of the best royal jewels of the week — now it’s time to rank the tiaras! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite in the poll below!
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10. Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan wore a gorgeous bandeau-style tiara for the court banquet in Tokyo on Tuesday evening. (More here!)

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9. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark chose her Edwardian Tiara and the coordinating earrings for the court banquet on Tuesday in Tokyo. (More here!)
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8. Queen Tunka Azizah of Malaysia wore the Malaysian State Diadem with her mother’s topaz suite for the enthronement banquet on Tuesday. (More here!)
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7. The bandeau base of the Nine Provinces Tiara was the tiara of choice for Queen Mathilde of the Belgians at Tuesday evening’s court banquet in Tokyo. (More here!)
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6. Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg wore her mother’s sapphire and diamond earrings with a bandeau tiara from the collection of her grandmother (Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este) for her wedding to Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon in Paris on Saturday. (More here!)
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5. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore her Boucheron Laurel Wreath Tiara for the court banquet in Tokyo on Tuesday. (More here!)
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4. For Tuesday evening’s court banquet, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore the tiara and jewels from the Mellerio Ruby Parure. (More here!)
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3. Crown Princess Kiko of Japan wore the tiara and jewels from the family’s crown princely jewel suite for the court banquet honoring her brother-in-law’s enthronement on Tuesday. (More here!)
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2. La Buena (Queen Ena’s Fleur-de-Lis Tiara) accompanied Queen Letizia of Spain to the court banquet in Tokyo on Tuesday evening. (More here!)
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1. Empress Masako of Japan looked regal in the Meiji Tiara and more diamond jewels for the court banquet following her husband’s enthronement on Tuesday. (More here!)