![Netherlands'Queen Maxima Zorreguieta delivers a press conference after a meeting with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at Olivos Presidential residence in Olivos, Buenos Aires on October 12, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima01.jpg?resize=1200%2C738&ssl=1)
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands is one of the most exuberant royals in Europe, and she favors statement jewelry pieces as big as her personality. Some of her favorite fun and festive earrings feature a tassel design, and today we’re highlighting two pairs: one set with garnets and diamonds, and the other set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls.
![Princess Maxima of the Netherlands smiles upon her arrival at Bellevue Presidential Palace on April 12, 2011 in Berlin, Germany](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1617&ssl=1)
Maxima has been wearing this pair of modern tassel earrings since the days when she was still Princess Maxima. The earrings feature strings of beads—many of us believe they’re garnets—gathered together by three pavé-set diamond ribbons. Above, Princess Maxima wears them for a ceremony at Bellevue Palace in Berlin during a state visit to Germany in April 2011.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands is seen aboard the King's boat for the water pageant to celebrate the inauguration of King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands after the abdication of his mother Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on April 30, 2013 in Amsterdam, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1617&ssl=1)
Maxima chose the earrings for one of the events on the most important day of her royal life: the day she became Queen of the Netherlands. For the water pageant following the inauguration of her husband, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, on April 30, 2013, she paired the earrings with a gown in a deep shade of burgundy. (It’s this dress.) It was a cool evening, so most of the time, the gown was covered up with a tan wrap. Her other jewels for the occasion included the Diamond Trellis Bracelet and one of the East Indies Bracelets.
![King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, sitting next to Queen Maxima, opens the parliamentary year in the Hall of Knights (Ridderzaal) on September 15, 2015 in The Hague, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima04.jpg?resize=984%2C1278&ssl=1)
She wore the earrings in September 2015 for Prinsjesdag, the annual opening of the Dutch parliament. The earrings picked up on the deep red colors of the embroidery on her gown, and were echoed in the color of her leather gloves.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands arrives for the opening the 10th International Hands On! Conference on children's education in museums at the Rijksmuseum on October 13, 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1674&ssl=1)
Here, she wears the garnet earrings in October 2015 for the opening of a conference on children’s education at museums at the Rijksmuseum.
![Netherlands' Queen Maxima Zorreguieta delivers a press conference after a meeting with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at Olivos Presidential residence in Olivos, Buenos Aires on October 12, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima06.jpg?resize=1200%2C849&ssl=1)
And here, we got a good look at the earrings during a press conference in Buenos Aires in October 2016.
![Dutch Queen Maxima smiles as she visits the Center for Youth and Family (CJG) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on March 28, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1729&ssl=1)
Maxima has continued to wear the earrings regularly, both for prominent diplomatic events and more routine daily engagements and visits. Here, she wears them for a visit to the Center for Youth and Family in The Hague in March 2017.
![Dutch Queen Maxima (C) takes part in a guided tour of the Translational Brain Laboratory in the Amsterdam UMC in Amsterdam, on October 31, 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima08.jpg?resize=1200%2C950&ssl=1)
And here, in October 2019, she wears them during a tour of the Translational Brain Laboratory in Amsterdam.
![Dutch Queen Maxima adjusts her face mask after the opening of the annual breast cancer month during a meeting on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Breast Cancer Association Netherlands in the World Forum, in The Hague, the Netherlands, on October 1, 2020](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima09.jpg?resize=1200%2C805&ssl=1)
She’s also worn them on occasion during the pandemic. In October 2020, she wore them for a meeting on the 40th anniversary of the Breast Cancer Association of the Netherlands in the World Forum in The Hague.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands arrives at the former broadcasting station Radio Kootwijk for the award ceremony of the Prince Bernhard Culture Foundation award on November 16, 2021 in Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1503&ssl=1)
One of her most recent appearances in the garnet and diamond tassel earrings came in November 2021, when she attended the Prince Bernhard Culture Foundation awards ceremony.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands welcome Halimah Yacob President of Singapore and her husband Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee during an official welcome ceremony at Royal Palace Amsterdam on November 21, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima11.jpg?resize=1200%2C1564&ssl=1)
Queen Maxima also owns a pair of tassel earrings with a diamond and ruby top section and tassels made of seed pearls and ruby beads. These look more like traditional tassel earrings from India in their design. Here, Maxima wears them for the official welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam during the Singapore state visit in November 2018.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands during a region visit on May 28, 2019 in Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima12.jpg?resize=1200%2C1646&ssl=1)
Here, you can really see the sparkle of the diamonds and rubies on the tassel earrings. This image was taken in May 2019, as Willem-Alexander and Maxima visited Neder-Betuwe.
![Dutch Queen Maxima (L) attends the nlgroeit, an entrepreneurs forum, in Apeldoorn, on September 19, 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1652&ssl=1)
Queen Maxima paired the earrings with a polka dot dress in September 2019, when she attended a forum for entrepreneurs in Apeldoorn.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands attends the opening of the Pieter Teyler house in the Teylers museum on November 30, 2021 in Haarlem, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0118-01-maxima14.jpg?resize=1200%2C1230&ssl=1)
Most recently, we also saw the diamond, ruby, and pearl tassel earrings in November 2021. She wore the earrings with a red and brown ensemble for the opening of the Pieter Teyler House at the Teylers Museum in Haarlem.
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