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If most eyes were on the Crown Jewels this time last year, the May 6 Coronation saw another display of gems and jewellery - from the many distinguished guests at Westminster Abbey.
Here, in case you missed them, are some of the most remarkable…
King Charles and Queen Camilla are pictured in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace. If most eyes were on the crown jewels at the Coronation, there were many other magnificent gems on display among the guests
Queen Mary of Denmark (as the Crown Princess)
Mary wore a recent birthday present from her mother-in-law, Queen Margrethe: an enormous cabochon turquoise and diamond brooch with a similar sized matching pendant suspended, and a pair of identical (but smaller) earrings once belonged to Empress Catherine the Great of Russia.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark at Westminster Abbey. She is wearing a cabochon turquoise and diamond brooch with matching earrings
They came to the Danish royal family in earlier generations through Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, who gave them to her daughter, Queen Ingrid of Denmark – the mother of Queen Margrethe.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
The Queen lived up to her name, as ever, and wore jewels from the Dutch Royal Collection to make maximum impact.
Her enormous earrings were set with diamonds from the Stuart Tiara, which she wore for a recent State Banquet in the Netherlands.
The tiara got its name from the 40-carat diamond that sits at the front apex (between those she wore as earrings). It was originally bought by Queen Mary II of England of the House of Stuart, with her Dutch husband, King William. They were England's only jointly reigning monarchs.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attends the Coronation. The earrings are set with diamonds from the Dutch monarchy's Stuart tiara
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wears the Stuart Tiara as she poses for a photograph before a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2018
After their deaths, the diamond was returned to the Netherlands.
Queen Letizia of Spain
Letizia wore a pair of large diamond button earrings that also have a connection to the UK.
They had once belonged to Victoria Eugenie, who became the Queen Consort of Spain in 1906, and who was the daughter of Princess Beatrice, fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria.
Queen Ena, as she was known, first wore the earrings at her wedding in May 1906 to King Alfonso XIII. She would wear them throughout her reign and later, when in exile.
They had been a present from her husband.
Queen Letizia of Spain wore diamond button earrings, which had once belonged to Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Victoria Eugenie, who later became Queen Consort of Spain
They are each set with a 10 carat round brilliant diamond surrounded by 12 smaller diamonds.
Queen Ena left them as part of the Joyas de pasar jewellery collection, which gets passed down from queen to queen.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Mathilde’s pearl and diamond drop earrings had belonged to the late Queen Fabiola of Belgium and worked perfectly with the seven-strand pearl and diamond necklace on view at the Coronation.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrives at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation
Mathilde’s very pretty butterfly brooch, set with diamonds, was made around 1900 and bought recently at auction. She wore it at the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
Queen Suthida of Thailand
Suthida went for a demi parure of superb sapphires and diamonds that had belonged to
