The Court Jeweller

Queen Maxima Wears Tutti Frutti Jewels in Amsterdam

11.15.2022 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

Queen Maxima at the Concertgebouw prior to the counter performance. Italian President Sergio Mattarella pays a three-day state visit to the Netherlands — SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/Alamy

Queen Máxima offered us a second gala jewelry look during last week’s Italian state visit, mixing a classic suite of jewels with Italian couture.

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Sparkling Emerald South African Banquet Tiara

11.14.2022 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

File photo dated 09/07/1996 of South African President Nelson Mandela standing with Queen Elizabeth II on his arrival at Buckingham Palace, for a state banquet in his honour — John Stillwell/PA Images/Alamy

Ahead of next week’s South African state visit to the United Kingdom, we’re devoting this week’s Sparkling Spotlight series to some of the glittering jewels that Queen Elizabeth II wore for South African state banquets in the later years of her reign. We begin with a set of gorgeous emeralds worn for Nelson Mandela’s 1996 state visit to Britain.

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A Brooch Debut for the Princess of Wales on Remembrance Sunday

11.14.2022 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

Camilla, Queen Consort (L) and Catherine, Princess of Wales (R) attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on November 13, 2022 in London, England — Louis Wood – WPA Pool/Getty Images

The Windsors paid tribute to the fallen members of the nation’s armed forces at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, and there were plenty of event-appropriate jewels on display—including a new brooch worn by the Princess of Wales.

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