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For the previous week and a half, the previous Duchess of Cornwall—now the Queen Consort—has discovered herself mourning for her mother-in-law and monarch whereas additionally adjusting to the function of partner to the King. Carrying brooches belonging to the likes of the Romanovs and the Queen Mom, Camilla has worn jewels that reinforce royal historical past whereas stepping as much as the brand new problem.

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On September 9, the day after the Queen’s dying in Scotland, the brand new King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at Buckingham Palace. They took time to view floral tributes left outdoors the gates and greeted sympathetic members of the general public. Camilla selected pearls and diamonds for her first full day as Queen Consort, sporting pearl drop earrings with small diamond leaf clips, her favourite necklace (4 rows of pearls secured with a spherical diamond clasp), and a diamond knot brooch. You’ll additionally spot one other necklace layered beneath her pearls. She hardly ever removes this gold chain with a pair of charms: a Kiki McDonough Apollo pendant and a gold disk that includes the initials of her grandchildren.

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On September 10, Queen Camilla joined the King and the Prince of Wales at St James’s Palace for the accession council, which was televised for the primary time. For this momentous event, Camilla wore two of her most acquainted and cozy items of jewellery: her pearl drop earrings with the diamond floral clip and the four-row pearl choker necklace with the spherical diamond clasp. You’ll additionally spot her diamond engagement ring (which beforehand belonged to the Queen Mom) and her gold marriage ceremony ring, in addition to a number of bracelets layered on her proper wrist. I’ve been requested concerning the significance of those; I don’t know the story behind every of the bracelets she wears frequently, however certainly one of them is a Van Cleef & Arpels Magic Alhambra bracelet. (She’s a giant VC&A fan.)

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Later within the day, Queen Camilla launched into an sudden walkabout close to Clarence Home. She’d modified her gown and swapped her pearl necklace for a particular heirloom brooch. That is the Queen Mom’s Rock Crystal Brooch, a virtually century-old piece made from diamonds and carved rock crystal with black enamel accents. The brooch was a favourite of the Queen Mom when she was Duchess of York—she notably appreciated sporting it on the brim of her hats within the Nineteen Twenties.

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On September 11, the Queen Consort joined the King for a reception for the Excessive Commissioners of the Commonwealth Realms and their spouses within the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace. She wore a textured gold necklace and diamond drop earrings, in addition to a brooch that includes entwined initials (two Cs, I imagine?) topped by a small crown.

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September twelfth was a day filled with royal engagements from starting to finish. The day started with King Charles’s joint deal with to the Home of Commons and Home of Lords at Westminster Corridor in London. Simply as she had for the accession council, Camilla reached for comfy items, together with her four-row pearl choker necklace, for this occasion.

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Later within the day, King Charles and Queen Camilla traveled to Edinburgh. There, she waited at St Giles’ Cathedral as Charles and his siblings joined the procession that took the late Queen’s coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the cathedral to lie in state. She wore her four-row pearl choker with the spherical clasp for a prayer service on the cathedral, plus a diamond thistle brooch that belonged to the late Queen Mom.

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Subsequent, the King and Queen headed to the Scottish Parliament Constructing to obtain a Movement of Condolence. Camilla swapped out her coat for a distinct one, eradicating her brooch within the course of, however once more wore her favourite pearl drop earrings and pearl choker necklace.

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That night, because the King and his siblings stood vigil at their mom’s coffin within the cathedral, Camilla once more wore the Queen Mom’s Diamond Thistle Brooch.

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On September 13, Charles and Camilla headed to Northern Eire, the place the King made a speech and obtained condolences at Hillsborough Fort in Belfast. Appropriately, Camilla wore her diamond and turquoise shamrock brooch for the journey. (I obtained an e mail from a stunning reader who met Camilla through the couple’s walkabout, and she or he reviews that the brooch is simply beautiful in particular person.)

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That night, the King and Queen have been again in London, the place they joined the remainder of the royal household to obtain the late Queen’s coffin at Buckingham Palace. The following day, they have been a part of the procession that traveled with the coffin to Westminster Corridor, the place the Queen would lie in state for the subsequent a number of days. For the journey and the prayer service at Westminster, Camilla wore some important jewels. She once more wore her pearl drop earrings with the diamond floral clips, however this time she added one other four-stranded pearl necklace with a bigger diamond clasp, an oval form with a cross design. She additionally wore her supermodel brooch, which is claimed to have been a present from her late father, Main Bruce Shand.

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September fifteenth was a day of relaxation for King Charles and Queen Camilla, however they have been again to work on the sixteenth, touring to Wales. There, Camilla wore her favourite pearl drop earrings with a diamond brooch within the form of a Welsh leek. The brooch, reportedly a present from the late Queen, is seemingly a duplicate of the late monarch’s personal diamond leek brooch.

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On September 17, Camilla attended a luncheon at Buckingham Palace given for governors-general of the Commonwealth nations. She selected a diamond moth brooch from her personal assortment for the occasion.

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On September 18, Queen Camilla wore diamonds as she and King Charles hosted a reception for heads of state and different abroad guests forward of the late Queen’s funeral. Camilla’s jewels for the occasion included her vintage diamond floral earrings (worn on her marriage ceremony day in April 2005), her Van Cleef & Arpels Snowflake Necklace, and a tennis bracelet.

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And on Monday, Camilla wore sapphires and diamonds for the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, together with a pair of cluster clip earrings and the Hesse Diamond Jubilee Brooch.

A few notes: first, thanks upfront for maintaining the remark part civil and targeted on jewellery, as traditional. And second, a programming replace. To permit myself slightly time to recharge, I’ll be posting one article a day for the remainder of this week. We’ll have loads of jewels to marvel at in every of these posts, and we’ll resume our regular content material calendar on Monday, September twenty sixth. Thanks in your understanding as all the time!

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The royals have been current for one of the vital enjoyable and festive engagements of the yr this weekend: the raucous, colourful Braemar Highland Gathering in Scotland.

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Yearly on the primary Saturday of September, the Princess Royal & Duke of Fife Memorial Park in Braemar comes alive with Scottish cultural celebrations and highland video games. The royals head over from Balmoral to hitch within the enjoyable. Normally the Queen, who’s the patron of the Braemar Royal Highland Society, is an everyday attendant on the gathering, however she was unable to attend this yr. In her place, the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay (because the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are recognized whereas in Scotland) minimize the heather rope to formally open the brand new Platinum Jubilee Archway on the park.

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They have been joined by the Princess Royal at this yr’s gathering, watching occasions like highland dancing, piping, caber tossing, and the tug of conflict.

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Anne and Camilla obtained posies of heather from a pair of younger dancers, Chloe Man and Cassie Stewart.

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The royals all the time get an enormous kick out of watching the video games, and we’re handled to uncommon pictures of them in foolish mode. Right here’s Charles and Camilla…

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…and right here’s Charles and Anne, trying a lot just like the little brother and sister they have been of their earliest appearances on the occasion.

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All the royals wore outfits with Scottish touches for the gathering. Camilla selected a inexperienced coat with purple plaid trim and an identical hat with a feather element.

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Her jewellery included her favourite diamond and pearl drop earrings, a small floral brooch pinned to her collar, and her engagement and wedding ceremony rings.

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Right here’s a more in-depth take a look at the brooch, designed as a single blossom product of diamonds and amethysts.

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Anne wore a inexperienced and purple plaid go well with with purple and black equipment, together with a shiny purple hat with a thistle element.

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On her jacket, Anne wore a army badge (related, I consider, with the Royal Scots) rendered in gold and diamonds. Earlier this summer season, she wore the identical badge for a backyard get together on the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Her predecessor as Princess Royal, her great-aunt Mary, had an similar badge, worn rather than delight on her wedding ceremony costume 100 years in the past. May it’s the identical one? Each served as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots, and Anne continues to function patron of the Royal Scots Regimental Affiliation. (She’s even carrying the badge within the portrait on their web site.)

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Charles was in his best Scottish apparel as nicely, carrying tweed with a kilt—in, I consider, the Stewart Searching tartan. (Please appropriate me if I’m flawed, tartan consultants!)

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Buckingham Palace has introduced that the Queen handed away at Balmoral Fort this afternoon.

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Our bejeweled tribute to the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II continues right now with probably the most vital days of her whole life: her royal wedding ceremony to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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After Elizabeth and Philip’s royal engagement was formally introduced in July 1947, plans had been instantly set in movement to organize for the upcoming royal wedding ceremony. The situation could be Westminster Abbey, and the date was set for November 1947.

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Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, gave his official consent for the couple’s marriage, and the license for the marriage was granted in September 1947 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher.

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In the meantime, the Queen’s favourite couturier, Norman Hartnell, was laborious at work on designs for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding ceremony gown. The home windows of his London studio, pictured in October 1947, had been whitewashed to forestall curious eyes from discovering the small print of the gown’s design earlier than the massive day.

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Right here’s a have a look at among the sketches that Hartnell produced for the event. The marriage robe he created for the royal bride was made from duchesse satin, closely embroidered with floral designs, together with orange blossoms and star lilies. Hundreds of pearls had been sewn on to the robe, and further ration playing cards had been offered in order that the bride may have a marriage robe match for a princess.

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Elizabeth had eight bridesmaids: her sister, Princess Margaret; her cousins, Princess Alexandra of Kent, Margaret Elphinstone, Diana Bowes-Lyon, and Woman Mary Cambridge; Philip’s cousin, Woman Pamela Mountbatten; and two extra up to date aristocrats, Woman Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch) and Woman Elizabeth Lambart (daughter of the Earl of Cavan). Hartnell additionally designed elaborate clothes for every bridesmaid, impressed by royal work by Winterhalter and Tuxen.

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The outfits created by Hartnell for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding ceremony additionally included a going-away ensemble, that includes a crepe gown and matching velour coat in a shade dubbed “love-in-the-mist blue.”

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The marriage befell on the morning of Thursday, November 20, 1947. Earlier than the marriage, King George VI gave Philip a brand new set of titles: Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich. The morning was grey as the brand new Duke arrived on the Abbey, however the scene inside was splendid. Princess Elizabeth was escorted down the aisle by her father, and the couple had been married by Archbishop Fisher. Philip slipped a marriage ring made from Welsh gold on to his bride’s finger in the course of the ceremony, which was witnessed by royal members of each households.

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After the wedding was solemnized, the couple processed down the aisle of the Abbey with their bridal celebration. The group additionally included Philip’s greatest man, the Marquess of Milford Haven, and two web page boys, Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent.

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The couple seemed radiant of their wedding ceremony apparel as they departed for the marriage breakfast at Buckingham Palace.

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Right here’s a have a look at the couple’s wedding ceremony garments, displayed 60 years later in an exhibition celebrating their Diamond Marriage ceremony Anniversary in 2007.

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The bride’s jewels had been displayed as properly. Elizabeth borrowed Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara from her mom. The diamond fringe was made in 1919 utilizing diamonds taken from Mary’s personal wedding ceremony tiara, the Collingwood Fringe. The tiara was used typically by Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mom) each earlier than and after this royal wedding ceremony. Famously, although, because the tiara was positioned on Princess Elizabeth’s head on the marriage day, the body snapped and needed to be rapidly repaired earlier than the ceremony. Later, the Queen Mom additionally loaned the tiara to Princess Anne for her wedding ceremony in 1973, and in 2020, Queen Elizabeth II loaned the jewel to her granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, to put on on her wedding ceremony day as properly.

Princess Elizabeth additionally wore pearls together with her bridal ensemble. She chosen a pair of pearl and diamond earrings, given to her by Queen Mary in January 1947, with an extended royal historical past. They’d initially belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, one of many daughters of King George III, and had been handed down via the Teck household.

Her necklaces additionally had spectacular royal provenance. The Queen Anne and Queen Caroline Pearl Necklaces had been wedding ceremony presents from Elizabeth’s father. One is claimed to have belonged to Queen Anne, the final Stuart monarch; the opposite is claimed to have been worn by Caroline of Ansbach, spouse of King George II. The necklaces had been on show at St. James’s Palace on the marriage day and needed to be shortly retrieved by the princess’s personal secretary, Jock Colville, so she may put on them for the ceremony.

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On the palace after the ceremony, the couple posed for formal wedding ceremony portraits.

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They had been joined by members of their household and the bridal celebration for this picture. The bride’s household—King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and Queen Mary—are pictured right here, as are members of the groom’s household, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark and the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven.

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The couple made a number of appearances on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, cheered on by the large crowd that had gathered beneath on the Mall.

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Different family members joined them on the balcony, too, together with the Kents, the Gloucesters, Princess Andrew, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary.

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This 12 months would have marked the couple’s seventy fifth wedding ceremony anniversary. They got here shut: in November 2020, shortly earlier than Prince Philip’s loss of life on the age of 99, they celebrated a exceptional 73 years of marriage collectively. Theirs stays probably the most enduring royal marriages in British historical past.

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Simply hours after coming back from the UK, the place they attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands have been again to work—and so they had a brand new face with them this 12 months for Prinsjesdag!

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On Tuesday, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima headed to The Hague for this 12 months’s Prinsjesdag (or Price range Day) ceremonies. The occasion is often held on the Binnenhof advanced, however as that’s at present closed for renovations, the principle occasion this 12 months was held within the Koninklijke Schouwburg (Royal Theater).

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King Willem-Alexander delivered his speech from the throne with Queen Máxima sitting by his facet.

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The King and Queen are usually accompanied solely by his brother and sister-in-law, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, on Prinsjesdag, however this 12 months a 3rd member of the household made her first look on the occasion. The Princess of Orange, Willem-Alexander and Máxima’s eldest daughter, was current for Prinsjesdag for the primary time, watching her father perform a royal responsibility that can some day fall to her.

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All 5 of the royals made a conventional balcony look, waving to the group from the Noordeinde Palace.

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Prinsjesdag has an uncommon gown code: daytime formal, which implies morning fits for the boys and night robes and hats (not tiaras) for the ladies. All three of the royal women wore lengthy clothes with jewels and decorations. Queen Máxima and Princess Amalia wore the insignia of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, whereas Princess Laurentien wore the sash and star of the Order of the Home of Orange.

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Queen Máxima appeared cozy in head-to-toe grey on Tuesday, even sporting an identical beret-style hat.

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She accessorized with diamonds: a diamond rivière necklace, diamond stud earrings, and the household’s nineteenth-century diamond star bracelet, made by Mellerio and given to Queen Emma by King Willem III.

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Princess Amalia wore a robe in a deep shade of teal inexperienced with impartial equipment.

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With the robe, Amalia wore the necklace from the household’s grand emerald parure, a set given to Queen Wilhelmina by Queen Emma on the flip of the 20 th century. She paired the necklace with the pear-shaped cluster studs from her mom’s gorgeous emerald earrings.

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She additionally wore a diamond, emerald, and gold bangle bracelet on her proper wrist and a diamond and emerald ring on her proper hand.

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She additionally added much more sparkle to her look by pinning a number of of the household’s diamond star brooches to her headpiece.

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Princess Laurentien is at all times ingenious along with her gala seems, and this time was no exception. Together with her pink robe, she wore a serious fashionable assertion necklace that seems to be product of rose quartz.

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She additionally wore coordinating earrings, and she or he secured her order sash with the household’s spherical diamond star brooch. The jewel, additionally made by Mellerio and bought by King Willem III for Queen Emma, was acquired similtaneously the bracelet worn on Tuesday by Máxima.

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Princess Beatrix has not attended Prinsjesdag in a proper capability since her abdication, however she will be able to usually be seen watching the procession from the window of a close-by constructing. On Tuesday, she wore items from her assortment of recent mixed-metal jewels to view the occasion.

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Queen Paola of Belgium didn’t put on diamonds in her hair on her wedding ceremony day, however she made positive that her daughter-in-law, Queen Mathilde, sparkled in a household tiara for her wedding ceremony ceremonies in Brussels.

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On December 4, 1999, the Duke of Brabant (now King Philippe of the Belgians) married his Belgian-born fiancée, Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz, in a pair of glowing ceremonies in Brussels. (You possibly can learn extra about Philippe and Mathilde’s royal romance on this earlier article.) The day started with a civil ceremony on the Brussels City Corridor, adopted by a balcony look (pictured above). Subsequent was a non secular wedding ceremony ceremony on the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels.

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Mathilde wore the identical robe, veil, and jewels for each ceremonies. Her costume was made by the Belgian designer ‘Edouard Vermeulen, who runs the label Natan. The robe featured a jacket with a excessive collar and lengthy practice.

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Right here’s a very good have a look at the collar and button element on the jacket.

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For her wedding ceremony day, Queen Mathilde borrowed an vintage Belgian heirloom tiara, Queen Elisabeth’s Artwork Deco Bandeau, from her new mother-in-law. The geometric diamond tiara, because the title suggests, initially belonged to Philippe’s great-grandmother, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Queen Paola has owned the tiara for the reason that early years of her marriage; it was a present from her father-in-law, King Leopold III.

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Queen Paola additionally loaned Mathilde the identical vintage lace veil that she’d worn for her wedding ceremony to King Albert II in 1959. The veil is an heirloom from Paola’s mom, Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana e di Sebastiano.

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Mathilde additionally wore a pair of diamond and pearl drop earrings along with her wedding ceremony ensemble. These characteristic studs with diamond bow designs. Mathilde wears them typically for gala occasions.

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Like Queen Astrid and Queen Fabiola earlier than her, Mathilde additionally obtained a tiara as a marriage current: the Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara. The versatile jewel, a present from a gaggle of Belgian aristocrats, can be worn as a necklace.

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On the second day of the Golden Jubilee celebrations for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the royals gathered for each daytime and night occasions. On this article, we’ll be wanting intently on the jewels worn for the morning church service and the luncheon.

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Sunday’s occasions started with a particular service at Copenhagen’s cathedral. Members from the Danish royal household attended, together with royals from the Greek and German branches of the household tree, in addition to Queen Margrethe’s fellow Scandinavian heads of state.

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Afterward, the royals and different friends boarded the Royal Yacht Dannebrog for a luncheon.

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For the morning’s occasions, Queen Margrethe once more wore certainly one of her favourite colours: shiny coral pink. She accessorized with an important jewel: the Diamond Daisy Brooch. The brooch, an heirloom from Queen Ingrid, is ready with diamonds that belonged to Ingrid’s mom, Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden. Margrethe additionally wore coordinating diamond daisy earrings.

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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the church service and luncheon with all 4 of their kids, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent, and Princess Josephine.

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Like Queen Margrethe, Crown Princess Mary additionally wore a spectacular brooch linked to Margaret of Connaught. Queen Margrethe gave Mary the Connaught Sapphire Brooch in 2006 to have a good time the beginning of Prince Christian. Mary wore giant diamond earrings with the brooch.

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Along with her embroidered jacket, Princess Isabella wore gold earrings with inexperienced gemstone studs.

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Princess Josephine wore rings and bracelets, together with the slender gold bangle worn by all feminine descendants of Margaret of Connaught.

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Prince Joachim and Princess Marie attended the morning’s occasions with their 4 kids, Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik, and Princess Athena.

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Princess Marie wore diamond earrings and a brooch with royal provenance. It disappears a bit in opposition to the sample of her jacket, however she’s carrying Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond and Sapphire Pendant in its brooch type.

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Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie have been additionally current for the morning occasions on Sunday. Each wore the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal pinned to their jackets.

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Benedikte was elegant in blue with diamond and pearl jewels, together with the Diamond and Pearl Scroll Brooch given to her by her mom, Queen Ingrid, to have a good time the beginning of Benedikte’s first little one, Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

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Queen Anne-Marie wore diamond and pearl drop earrings, a single-stranded pearl necklace, and a contemporary brooch which is (I consider) within the form of an olive department.

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Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Princess Benedikte’s elder daughter, wore pearl and amethyst earrings and a pearl bracelet, plus a gold ring set with multi-colored gems.

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Her sister, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wore pavé-set diamond earrings, a necklace made from multi-colored beads, and a cluster ring.

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A number of of Queen Anne-Marie’s kids have been additionally in attendance for Sunday’s daytime occasions. Princess Alexia wore a gold brooch pinned to her jacket.

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Princess Theodora wore elegant earrings with glowing drops. You’ll additionally spot her Connaught household bangle bracelet on her left wrist.

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And Princess Nina selected assertion earrings with reasonably monumental drops for the event.

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One among Queen Margrethe’s Danish royal cousins, Depend Ingolf of Rosenborg, additionally attended together with his spouse, Countess Sussie (pictured above). She wore trendy gold jewels, together with an fascinating floral brooch.

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Queen Silvia of Sweden was elegant in diamond and pearl earrings, a multi-colored strand of pearls, and a contemporary gold ring.

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Queen Sonja of Norway additionally wore gold, diamond, and pearl jewels. Her brooch is among the particular ones produced by Georg Jensen this yr to have a good time Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee.

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After the celebration of the Queen’s twenty first birthday, she returned dwelling for a very thrilling new a part of her life: the official announcement her upcoming marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. And an engagement, after all, often requires a hoop!

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Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and Princess Elizabeth of the UK had identified one another by way of household connections since childhood. Their paths undoubtedly crossed alongside the best way, however their first significant assembly reportedly occurred in 1939, throughout a go to by the royal household to the Royal Naval Faculty at Dartmouth, the place Philip was a cadet. Afterward, the youngsters started writing to one another, a correspondence that continued when Philip went to struggle a couple of years later. Finally friendship and crushes turned to real romance. After the tip of the struggle, each started pondering of marriage, and Philip proposed to Elizabeth throughout a vacation at Balmoral Citadel in September 1946.

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Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, agreed to offer his blessing to their marriage, although he requested them to delay asserting their engagement till after the royal tour of South Africa, throughout which Elizabeth would rejoice her twenty first birthday. They agreed to attend, however the public shortly started to suspect that one thing was up. In October 1946, the familiarity between the pair on the wedding ceremony of a mutual cousin, Girl Patricia Mountbatten, raised eyebrows. As agreed, although, the couple saved mum.

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In the meantime, preparations started behind the scenes to organize for Philip’s integration into the British royal household. He agreed to change into a British topic, divesting himself of his Greek and Danish royal titles to change into merely Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Whereas the royal household headed out on their African royal tour, Philip and his mom, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, additionally started planning to obtain an engagement ring match for a princess. Alice agreed to offer gems from one among little-used tiaras to make the ring.

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Alice traveled to Paris, the place she retrieved an aquamarine and diamond tiara from a financial institution vault. The tiara had been one among her personal wedding ceremony presents, a gift from her uncle and aunt, Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia, in 1903. She’s pictured above carrying the tiara in a portrait, which dates to 1909. Now, she supposed to have the jewel damaged up in order that among the diamonds may very well be used to make an engagement ring for Elizabeth. Press scrutiny had change into so intense by that time that Philip was too nervous to go to a jeweler, for concern that the information of the engagement would leak early. So it was Alice herself who labored with a jeweler, Philip Antrobus in Bond Road, to have the ring made for her future daughter-in-law.

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Within the spring of 1947, a three-carat diamond taken from Alice’s tiara was set in platinum, with extra smaller stones, to make a stunning engagement ring for the princess. “I believe the ring is a superb success,” Alice instructed her brother, Lord Mountbatten. Extra of the diamonds from the tiara had been additionally used to make a superb wedding ceremony current for Philip to current to his bride.

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Philip introduced the ring to his future bride privately simply earlier than the official announcement of their engagement. In her controversial royal memoir, Marion Crawford remembers that Elizabeth got here into her room early on the morning of July 9 to point out off her new engagement ring. The ring was too massive, Crawfie remembered, as a result of “after all [Elizabeth] had been unable to go and check out it on.”

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However when Philip and Elizabeth stepped earlier than the press cameras on July 10, 1947, the ring was glowing superbly on her left hand. The day of the engagement announcement was stuffed with occasions, which you’ll be able to examine intimately right here. Elizabeth additionally wore one among her new twenty first birthday presents, the Diamond Clematis Brooch, for the official images.

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The Queen continued to put on the traditional, stunning ring for the remainder of her life. With Romanov diamonds grand sufficient for a monarch, however a easy design that suited for a lady who most popular nation pursuits, the ring match its wearer completely.

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Our bejeweled tribute to the lifetime of the late Queen Elizabeth II continues this afternoon with a more in-depth take a look at one of the vital necessary days of her life: her twenty first birthday, when she declared her life-long dedication to public service—and obtained some necessary diamond presents, too.

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The spring of 1947 was undoubtedly one of the vital thrilling durations of the lifetime of the younger Princess Elizabeth. The struggle had ended, and although Britain was nonetheless residing in an age of austerity, Elizabeth was experiencing a stage of freedom she hadn’t but often called a younger grownup. On the eve of her twenty first birthday, she was trying ahead to a brand new period of her life. Not solely was she making ready to turn out to be a full-time working member of the royal household, she was secretly engaged to the dashing Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who had proposed to her at Balmoral within the autumn of 1946.

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Princess Elizabeth’s mother and father, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, had agreed to provide their consent to her marriage, however beneath one situation: she would wait to announce the engagement till after they’d launched into an necessary overseas royal tour. The household, together with Elizabeth’s youthful sister, Princess Margaret, have been scheduled to go to southern Africa for 3 months in early 1947, with time spent touring South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Bechuanaland (Botswana). It was the primary main royal tour for the reason that King and Queen’s journey to Canada in 1939. Above, the household arrives at Worcester Station in South Africa in the course of the tour.

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On the time, the Union of South Africa was a self-governing dominion inside the British Empire, with the King as head of state. South Africa turned an unbiased republic in 1961. The royal household is pictured right here in Cape City in the course of the tour. Apparently, the royal girls wore new garments all through the tour, although rationing was nonetheless in power in Britain. The three girls have been classed as commerce ambassadors for the style trade and got particular allowances for the go to.

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Princess Elizabeth’s twenty first birthday passed off in the course of the tour on April 21, 1947. Celebrations passed off all through the journey to mark the necessary milestone. Right here, she receives a bouquet throughout a cease within the Orange Free State on March 19, 1947.

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As her milestone birthday drew nearer, Elizabeth posed for formal portraits, just like the one pictured above. Pearls have been her major jewellery accent all through the tour. She hardly ever wore earrings for daytime events throughout this era, partly as a result of she didn’t have her ears pierced till 1951.

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On the day of the birthday, April 21, the younger princess made a speech that turned one of many defining moments of her royal life. In Cape City, carrying her signature pearls, she made a radio broadcast transmitted throughout the Commonwealth and Empire, committing herself to her future position as monarch and promising to dedicate “unwavering religion” and “braveness” to the duty. “I declare earlier than you all that my complete life whether or not or not it’s lengthy or brief shall be dedicated to your service,” she famously said.

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That night, the princess’s birthday celebrations continued with a gala banquet and ball at Authorities Home. She and Princess Margaret are each pictured dancing right here in the course of the birthday ball.

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Through the gala, Area Marshal Jan Smuts, then Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, offered Elizabeth with a powerful diamond and platinum necklace. The jewel featured 21 graduated sensible diamonds, with further spherical and baguette diamonds between every bigger sensible. The most important of the brilliants weighed in at ten carats. Through the presentation, Smuts declared, “This little reward will remind her of this excellent go to to South Africa and of this milestone in her life. It is going to be an emblem of the hyperlink she has established with our nation and its individuals. It would remind her of the deep and honest emotions of sympathy and goodwill which this historic go to has stirred within the hearts of all my individuals.”

Later, Elizabeth had the necklace shortened. (She did this usually with necklaces in the course of the late Forties and early Fifties, each in order that the jewels would match her higher and to comply with the present trend of the time.) The sections that have been eliminated have been mixed with one other birthday current (a six-carat diamond that had been given to Elizabeth three days earlier than her birthday by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, the chairman of De Beers) to make an identical bracelet.

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Elizabeth wore the South African Diamonds all through her life, particularly for occasions associated particularly to South Africa and events linked to the bigger Commonwealth of Nations. Right here, she wears the necklace and bracelet (plus Queen Mary’s Diamond Cluster Earrings) as she makes her Christmas Broadcast on the radio from Auckland in December 1953, throughout her post-coronation tour of the Commonwealth.

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The grand necklace wasn’t the one glowing birthday reward offered to the princess in the course of the 1947 tour. In Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) on April 7, 1947, throughout a reception at Authorities Home, six native youngsters formally offered Princess Elizabeth with a fragile diamond brooch within the form of a flame lily, the nationwide flower. Schoolchildren from all through the nation had contributed small sums of cash towards the creation of the brooch, which was made by native jeweler Len Bell and constructed by Eric Kippin in Johannesburg. The jewel options greater than 300 diamonds (sourced from De Beers) set in platinum and white gold.

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The brooch shortly turned one in all Princess Elizabeth’s favorites, but it surely was vaulted to iconic standing in February 1952, when she wore it for her return to Britain following the sudden dying of her father, King George VI, whereas she was visiting Kenya. She continued to put on the brooch for all kinds of events all through her lengthy life.

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There have been household presents to have a good time the princess’s birthday as properly. Her mom dipped right into a cache of newly-inherited jewels, the Greville Bequest, to provide an appropriate current for her daughter: a pair of diamond clip brooches, made by Cartier, within the form of ivy leaves. Right here, Princess Elizabeth wears them throughout a go to to Washington, D.C., in 1951, clipping one to her hat and the opposite to her lapel. We noticed her continued to put on the ivy leaf clips for many years, together with current appearances within the spring of 2022.

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This diamond floral brooch, within the form of a clematis flower, can also be stated to have been one in all Elizabeth’s twenty first birthday presents, reportedly the one given to her by members of the Royal Family. The Related Press wrote that the brooch was offered to the princess by Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles (her father’s non-public secretary) and Girl Harlech (her mom’s Girl of the Bedchamber). Right here, Elizabeth wears the brooch for an engagement in Could 1947. A number of weeks later, she famously wore the jewel for the official portrait session following the announcement of her impending marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.

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Members of the Diplomatic Corps gave Elizabeth this pair of diamond floral clip earrings as a birthday current as properly. The clip earrings have been a central a part of her gala jewellery wardrobe in her youthful years, particularly earlier than she had her ears pierced within the late summer season of 1951. Right here, she wears them with the Women of Nice Britain & Eire Tiara for a banquet throughout a state go to from her great-uncle, King Haakon VII of Norway, in June 1951.

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And there have been presents associated to her beloved regiment, the Grenadier Guards, as properly. (She had been named honorary colonel of the regiment in 1942, an appointment that was crucial to her.) She obtained a brand new regimental badge within the form of a firing grenade (worn above along with her unique badge in Could 2010), plus a diamond brooch from officers of the regiment. There was a further military-related brooch as properly, within the type of a form of bejeweled wings, a gift from the King’s Flight. The press corps following the royal tour acknowledged the Grenadier Guards connection to mark the princess’s birthday as properly, providing her a floral show within the form of the regiment’s badge.

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Forward of this weekend’s royal marriage ceremony in Brussels, we’re devoting our Glowing Highlight posts to jewels worn by Belgian royal brides. First up: Princess Astrid of Sweden, who married the longer term King Leopold III of Belgium in November 1926.

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Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid had been, by all accounts, a love match quite than a standard organized royal marriage. They had been wed in a pair of ceremonies in November 1926. The primary, a civil marriage ceremony, was held in her hometown of Stockholm. The ceremony was held within the throne room of the Royal Palace, house of the bride’s uncle, King Gustaf V of Sweden.

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Princess Astrid wore a white satin marriage ceremony robe trimmed with seed pearls for the civil ceremony. Each the size of the skirt and its scalloped hem had been very on-trend for a 1926 marriage ceremony. She additionally wore the identical lace veil that had been worn by her mom, Princess Ingeborg, and her sister, Princess Margaretha, for his or her marriage ceremony ceremonies.

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She topped the veil with a garland of orange blossoms and myrtle, plus a standard Swedish bridal crown, additionally fabricated from myrtle.

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Her different main adornment for the marriage was a diamond necklace. Her uncle, King Gustaf, had given her a diamond necklace as a marriage current, and it looks as if that it’s this one.

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A couple of days later, the Belgian and Swedish royal households gathered in Brussels for the spiritual marriage ceremony ceremony, which was held on the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula. This can be a household portrait taken after that ceremony.

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Astrid wore a second marriage ceremony robe for the spiritual ceremony, however she selected once more to not put on a marriage tiara together with her veil. The diamond necklace was once more the foremost jewel worn by the bride.

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However regardless that Astrid didn’t put on a tiara for her marriage ceremony, there have been loads of tiaras on show for the ceremony. Listed below are Astrid’s mom, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (within the heart), flanked by her two different daughters, Princess M”artha (on the left, later Crown Princess of Norway) and Princess Margaretha (on the best, spouse of Prince Axel of Denmark). Ingeborg is carrying her grand diamond and emerald parure, which is now a part of Norway’s royal jewellery assortment. Margaretha wears her diamond floral tiara, which was an inheritance from her French royal mother-in-law. And M”artha, intriguingly, is carrying the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau, which she borrowed from a cousin, Princess Ingrid of Sweden, for the event.

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The ladies of Crown Prince Leopold’s household wore tiaras, too. His mom, Queen Elisabeth, is seated beside him. She’s carrying her diamond bandeau from Cartier, which was later worn by Leopold’s second spouse, Princess Lilian. (That’s a protracted story.) The opposite girl within the {photograph} is Leopold’s sister, Princess Marie-José of Belgium, who would later marry the Crown Prince of Italy. She’s carrying a double bandeau that will later characteristic prominently in her engagement portraits. (The 2 males within the portrait are King Christian X of Denmark, on the best, and Depend Folke Bernadotte, partially obscured within the again row.)

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Behind Princess Astrid, three extra royal princesses put on bandeau-style tiaras. The lady on the left (I believe?) is Princess Feodora of Denmark, carrying a diamond tiara. Within the heart is Princess Ingrid of Sweden, later Queen of Denmark, who wears her late mom’s Connaught Turquoise Bandeau. And on the best is Princess Margaret of Denmark, spouse of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (and mom of Queen Anne of Romania), who additionally wears a slim jeweled bandeau.

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Astrid did obtain two tiaras as marriage ceremony presents. The Stockholm Tiara, appropriately, was a marriage current from the individuals of Stockholm. Astrid wears the very uncommon diamond and pearl tiara right here on the Vatican in January 1930, throughout Princess Marie-José’s marriage ceremony celebrations. The whereabouts of this one look like unknown.

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From the Belgian individuals, Astrid acquired the grand 9 Provinces Tiara. The versatile, spectacular diamond tiara has remained with the Belgian royal household, and is now worn by Queen Mathilde, spouse of Astrid’s grandson, King Philippe.

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