Queen Mathilde of Belgium will be celebrating her 50th Birthday this week! With one of the smallest jewellery collections among her European counterparts, Queen Mathilde is frequently seen in just a few limited pieces, so today, we are launching our series on her jewels by covering Queen Mathilde’s versatile Diamond Floral Bracelet!
Diamond Floral Bracelet | Diamond Fringe Earrings | Diamond Scroll Earrings | Wedding Earrings | Waterfall Brooch | Tunisian Parure | Aquamarines | Diamond Butterfly Brooch | Belgian Royal Tiaras | The Jewels of Queen Mathilde of Belgium
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Composed of a delicate diamond floral element, which partially wraps the wrist when worn as a bracelet and is added to a chain when worn as a necklace, this versatile piece was debuted in 2006, and was possibly acquired around the birth of Prince Emmanuel a few months earlier. The piece was worst worn as a necklace for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s 60th Birthday in April 2006, before being worn as a bracelet for King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand’s Diamond Jubilee Reception later that year.
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The piece was next worn by Princess Mathilde as a necklace on another visit to Sweden in 2010, for a Gala at the Stockholm Concert Hall in 2010, before it was worn as a bracelet at the next day for the Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
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Princess Mathilde also wore the bracelet for the Wedding Gala and the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2010, and also for the Wedding Gala and the Wedding of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and Countess Stephanie de Lannoy in 2012.
In 2013, the bracelet was chosen for a very important day, the Inauguration of King Philippe as the King of The Belgians, when the new Queen Mathilde paired the jewel with her striking Wedding Earrings.
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As one of her few jewels, this Diamond Floral Bracelet has been worn for numerous daytime and evening events, like the Wedding of Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este in 2014, the Wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden in 2015, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 70th Birthday Banquet in 2016, the Belgian State Visit to Japan, the Belgian State Visit to the Netherlands, the Belgian State Visit to Denmark, the Belgian State Visit to India, and when she received the German Sustainability Award.
Queen Mathilde uses the Diamond Floral Bracelet to add a bit of glitter to all sorts of events, and in recent years, it was worn for the Australian State Visit to Belgium, the Belgian State Visit to Portugal, the French State Visit to Belgium, the Belgian State Visit to Luxembourg, Emperor Naruhito’s Enthronement Banquet, when she received the Bambi Award, for the Belgian State Visit to Greece and also for the Wedding of Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este. There is no doubt we will continue to see this versatile jewel of years to come!
Diamond Floral Bracelet | Diamond Fringe Earrings | Diamond Scroll Earrings | Wedding Earrings | Waterfall Brooch | Tunisian Parure | Aquamarines | Diamond Butterfly Brooch | Belgian Royal Tiaras | The Jewels of Queen Mathilde of Belgium
