I've been scouring our archives for this particular winter-weight Paddington, but so far to no avail -- maybe it's a new one for the blog?  I actually almost genuinely like this one ... I think it's the jaunty angle.  (Or maybe I'm just distracted by that diamond brooch.  You all probably have figured out that I'm sort of a magpie by this point, LOL!)

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Queen Cake's hat at this visit to the Dutch Council of State is wacky, but it's repeat wacky.  The real story is the topper behind her...

Poor Máx looks a little like she's just won the Run for the Roses...

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Rounding out tonight's gala coverage with the woman of the hour in the Pearl Poiré Tiara, one of her favorites.  Really you can't go wrong with this one.

Also: have you all seen that Daisy is indeed getting a new jubilee tiara?  It's not rubies (sad!), but a new diadem made from a golden floral ornament given to her by the people of Greenland.  (You can see a photo here at RJWMB.)  Can't wait to see it!

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It's the sapphire-and-diamond fortress from Sil tonight: the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure Tiara.  I know you all know what I think about this, but all that aside: really, shouldn't it have been the Edward VII Ruby Tiara?

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Sonja wore perhaps my second-least favorite of the Norwegian tiaras tonight -- I know others are fond of this one -- Empress Joséphine's Emerald Tiara -- but to me, this picture shows especially well how (pardon me) ridiculous the settings of the gems are in this piece.  The stones are huge and impressive, true, but it's just not elegant.  I don't know.  Those of you who love it -- tell us why!

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The Diamond Daisy Tiara for Queen Daisy's jubilee ... a nice tribute, but I can't help but wish we'd seen something else on M-M.  This tiara is an absolute workhorse, and it deserves a break!

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We're back in familiar tiara territory with Theodora tonight: this is the Antique Corsage Tiara that she wears most often.  It's a lovely piece, really similar to the Floral Birthday Tiara worn by the SWB ladies.

What I'm actually more interested in here, though, is the order -- have we seen Theodora wear one before?  Is it a Greek one?  (Surely Constantine can't give a Greek order to a princess born after he was deposed, right?)  I just can't recall seeing her with one before, so please feel free to enlighten me.

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Brace yourselves, hatters: this is the jaw-dropper of the evening!

This tiara, Queen Sophia's Diamond Tiara, has not been seen in four decades.  Say it with me: four decades.  It was last worn by Queen Friedrike, mother of the former King Constantine of Greece and Queen Sofia of Spain, in the 1960s.  Most royal watchers believed that Friedrike sold the tiara at auction in the 1970s after the Greek monarchy was deposed, but apparently not!  (Though I've seen some speculation that it was indeed sold and repurchased by M-C's father; there's no concrete evidence to support that theory, however.)  Queen Anne-Marie has never worn the tiara in public, so it makes its brilliant reappearance on Marie-Chantal.

The tiara itself is pure Victorian decadence; its first wearer was Sophie of Prussia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.  It's a massive, massive piece -- almost too big in this form for Marie-Chantal to wear, it seems.  But I'm so beyond over the moon about its reappearance that I don't care about the fit or the hairstyle or anything else -- it's a royal heirloom tiara back from oblivion, everybody!  Hooray!

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No Greek rubies tonight -- instead, it's the imposing Emerald Parure Tiara.  I mean, I guess you can't go wrong with emeralds this size ... I was just hoping for rubies!

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First off, LOVE this dress -- the fit isn't 100% right, I don't think, but isn't it great?  It's bling in dress form!  Also love to see Queen Ingrid's Star and Pearl Tiara on Nathalie -- Nat strikes me as the quirkier and less conventional of Benedikte's daughters, and there are few tiaras quirkier than the Star & Pearl!

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