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The Windsors weren’t alone in royal mourning on Monday. Royal cousins and mates from around the globe joined the British royal household on the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, some sporting jewels with sentimental hyperlinks to their British counterparts.
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Following the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is now the world’s longest-serving head of state. (She celebrated her Golden Jubilee this January.) Margrethe and Elizabeth had been additionally mates and cousins, as each had been descendants of Queen Victoria and of King Christian IX of Denmark. Crown Prince Frederik joined his mom on the state funeral.
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For the event, Margrethe wore diamonds and pearls. Her most important accent was the Connaught Pearl Bar Brooch. Margrethe is a granddaughter of Princess Margaret of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and niece of King Edward VII. Within the Nineteen Fifties, Margrethe’s aunt, Girl Patricia Ramsay (Margaret of Connaught’s sister) gave her the brooch as a birthday current.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived from Sweden to attend the funeral. Like Queen Elizabeth II, King Carl Gustaf is a descendant of Queen Victoria (by way of two of her sons, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Albany). Queen Silvia wore pearls with the Swedish Diamond Lozenge Brooch for the companies.
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A number of the closest cousins of the Windsors are the Norwegian royal household, who’re descendants of Queen Maud, daughter of King Edward VII of the UK. Queen Sonja, who accompanied King Harald V to the funeral, wore pearls.
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King Abdullah II of Jordan (who’s half British by way of his mom, who was born in Suffolk) attended with Queen Rania, who wore a beautiful pair of contemporary diamond earrings.
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King Abdullah’s half-sister, Princess Haya of Jordan, was current for the committal service at Windsor as nicely, together with their uncle, Prince El Hassan. Each even have long-standing ties to Britain. Haya, who now lives in London full time, developed an in depth relationship with the late Queen by way of their mutual curiosity on the earth of racing, whereas Prince El Hassan was educated at British colleges, together with Oxford.
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Princess Haya wore diamonds and pearls on Monday as nicely, together with a beautiful diamond flower brooch. The miniature ribbon and badge of Jordan’s Supreme Order of the Renaissance was additionally pinned to her jacket.
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The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg had been in attendance. Like Elizabeth II, Henri is a descendant of King Christian IX of Denmark, they usually’re additionally linked by means of their Belgian royal family members. (Henri, like many different international royals who attended the funeral, was additionally educated on the Royal Navy Academy Sandhurst.) Grand Duchess Maria Teresa wore traditional pearls for the service.
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Representing Liechtensten had been Hereditary Prince Alois and his spouse, Hereditary Princess Sophie. She wore pearls and a beautiful diamond bow brooch. Alois can also be a Sandhurst alum, and he served for a number of years with the Coldstream Guards.
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The Prince and Princess of Monaco had been additionally in attendance. Charlene wore pearl earrings and the miniature ribbon and badge of the Order of Saint-Charles.
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The monarchs of Japan and Bhutan arrived collectively. Empress Masako, pictured beside Emperor Naruhito, wore a darkish necklace and coordinating earrings that just about disappeared towards her gown. Behind them are King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Jetsun Pema, who wore silvery black pearls.
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The Netherlands was represented by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, in addition to Princess Beatrix. Queen Máxima wore diamond and pearl cluster earrings, a diamond and pearl cluster brooch with a pearl pendant, and a pearl bracelet.
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Right here’s a better have a look at Máxima’s earrings and brooch.
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Princes Beatrix wore black pearls and a beautiful floral brooch. She and the late Queen had been a part of a shrinking sorority of feminine monarchs. Now, following Beatrix’s abdication and the Queen’s passing, the one girl presently sitting on a throne is Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. (Within the coming generations, nonetheless, the thrones of quite a few European nations—Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands—will probably be occupied by ladies.)
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Right here’s a glimpse of two extra European royal {couples}: the King and Queen of Spain, adopted by the King and Queen of the Belgians. Queen Mathilde wore a pearl choker necklace with Queen Fabiola’s Diamond and Pearl Drop Earrings and a diamond butterfly brooch. She has worn the brooch for a number of events over time, together with the Belgian state go to to Denmark in 2017.
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Queen Letizia saved her jewellery very minimal on Monday, sporting simply her diamond and white gold “Plume” earrings from Chanel. Nevertheless, on Sunday on the Spanish embassy in London, she was photographed sporting the grey pearl brooch from the joyas de pasar assortment.
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For the funeral, Letizia’s mother-in-law wore a number of items of heirloom jewellery. Queen Sofia of Spain wore a pearl necklace with the diamond and ruby pendant that belonged to her mom, Queen Friederike of the Hellenes, in addition to a pearl brooch that belonged to the Countess of Barcelona.
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The Queen of Malaysia wore gorgeous pearls and a ravishing diamond ribbon brooch.
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There have been representatives from former royal households as nicely, together with those that previously reigned in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia (Serbia). Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia is among the late Queen’s godsons. He attended together with his spouse, Crown Princess Katherine, who seems to have worn small floral earrings.
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Margareta, the Custodian of the Crown of Romania, attended along with her husband, Prince Radu. She’s the eldest daughter of the late King Michael I of Romania (who was a primary cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh, Margareta’s godfather) and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (a member of each the Danish and Italian royal households). Margareta’s dad and mom met and fell in love in London throughout the 1947 royal wedding ceremony celebrations and married the next 12 months. As a toddler, Margareta was near the British royals, typically spending summer season holidays taking part in with Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Later, she studied on the College of Edinburgh, the place she dated one other attendant at right this moment’s funeral: former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
For the funeral, Margareta wore pearls, plus a diamond and pearl fleur-de-lis brooch that belonged to her Greek royal grandmother, Queen Helen.
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And talking of the Greeks, they had been there as nicely. They’re extra than simply previously reigning royals: they’re household, associated to each the late Duke of Edinburgh and the late Queen. Queen Anne-Marie, pictured right here with Crown Prince Pavlos, is a sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and subsequently a cousin of the British royals as nicely. She wore diamonds and pearls, together with her diamond cross pendant. She additionally wore a small pearl brooch—really a pair of clips—that belonged to her step-grandmother, Queen Louise of Sweden (who was a sister of each Lord Mountbatten and Princess Andrew of Greece).
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Following the referendum that abolished the monarchy in Greece, the previous royal household settled in England. Crown Prince Pavlos (one other Sandhurst alum, who served with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards) was raised and educated in London, the place he nonetheless lives for a part of the 12 months. He was joined on the funeral by his spouse, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal, who wore diamond earrings and a diamond brooch with a coronet design.
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And we’ll wrap up this put up with a glimpse of some extra members of non-reigning royal homes. The late Duke of Edinburgh’s 4 sisters married into the German royal homes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Baden, Hesse, and Hanover, and representatives of their households had been in attendance on the funeral. Right here, just a few of them are pictured in Windsor on Monday. On the left are Donatus, head of the Home of Hesse, together with his spouse, Floria. And on the best are Bernhard of Baden and his mom, Valerie. (His spouse Stephanie, not pictured right here, additionally attended the service.)