Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Today, Queen Margrethe of Denmark celebrates her 84th birthday. Now retired, Margrethe has handed over many of her grand gala jewels to her daughter-in-law, Queen Mary, but numerous pieces of personal jewelry remain in her collection, including a gorgeous suite of heirloom sapphires that she received as birthday and wedding gifts more than sixty years ago.
Amethysts are the special birthstones of February babies, but they’re also frequently employed as a stone for occasions of memorial or remembrance. With a big royal memorial in honor of the late King Constantine II coming up later this week, we’ve got a look today at an heirloom amethyst pendant worn by his wife and daughters.
Queen Mary of Denmark is a February baby, so it only makes sense that her personal jewelry collection includes numerous pieces set with her birthstone, the gorgeous purple amethyst. Today, we’ve got a closer look at a favorite pair of gala earrings set with dark, dramatic amethyst briolettes.