In Oslo on Wednesday, Princess Ingrid Alexandra made her Nobel Peace Prize ceremony debut, wearing a pair of earrings that may hold generations of Norwegian royal history.
King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway welcomed the family of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado to the Royal Palace on Wednesday. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra were also part of the audience with Machado’s daughter, Ana Corina Sosa Machado, and son, Ricardo Sosa Machado.
Machado, who was honored “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” was not present to accept the prize in person. Instead, her daughter delivered her mother’s Nobel lecture.
The King and Queen were joined by the crown princely family at City Hall in Oslo for the prize presentation and lecture. Here, the mayor of Oslo, Mayor Anne Lindboe, greets Princess Ingrid Alexandra as the royal family arrives for the event.
Inside, the royals sat in special chairs in the center of the audience for the presentation, with King Harald and Queen Sonja up front.
Queen Sonja wore a red and black outfit for this year’s Peace Prize presentation, accessorized with one of her suites of modern metallic jewels.
The earrings, necklace, and bracelet are all set with large metallic spheres. She also wore a modern brooch (in a feather shape, I think?) and her signature stack of thin gold bangles.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore an ensemble in a warm shade of winter white for the presentation, paired with light green accessories. The color coordinated with the sea-green shade of her antique diamond and aquamarine brooch, which is a legacy from the King’s grandmother, Queen Maud.
The brooch’s color shone more vibrantly inside City Hall, as you can see in this photograph. Mette-Marit also wore sparkling earrings, a pearl bracelet, and rings on both hands.
But it was Princess Ingrid Alexandra who perhaps pulled off the biggest jewelry moment at this year’s ceremony, which she attended for the first time. She wore a pair of diamond earrings with pale blue gemstone drops. Norwegian royal jewelry historian Trond Norén Isaksen thinks that the blue drops are sapphires, perhaps the ones that Crown Princess Märtha received as a wedding gift from her aunt, Princess Thyra of Denmark, in 1929. He explains more about his theory on his Instagram account.
Ingrid Alexandra also wore rings on both hands for her first Peace Prize ceremony, including a cocktail-style ring that looks like it might be set with mother-of-pearl.
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