Grand Duchess Stephanie showcased a new outfit for the occasion, wearing a modified silk jumpsuit from Elie Saab, a designer beloved by the likes of the Princess of Wales and the Jordanian royal family. She paired the piece with her V Vamp pumps from Natan Couture (the go-to designer for many European royal women, including Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians). Stephanie’s clutch bag was from LK Bennett, another brand that was once a regular for the Princess of Wales.
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Stephanie wore the pearl and citrine parure, a set of jewels that have been in the royal family for over 50 years
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As the consort to the world’s only Grand Duchy, Stephanie has access to a vast array of heirloom jewels, which she often chooses to highlight on official state visits. Her trip to Spain this week – which came after outings to Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the Vatican – was no different. Posing alongside King Felipe and Queen Letizia, Grand Duchess Stephanie wore earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet from the House of Nassau’s Citrine and Pearl parure, which has been passed down through generations of Luxembourg’s royal women for at least 50 years.
The parure, which also includes a tiara, was first seen on Grand Duke Henri’s sister, Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, the daughter of Grand Duke Jean and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium. Margaretha wore the set to welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Luxembourg in 1976. Her mother, Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte, wore the set to mark Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s 60th birthday in 2000.
Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg in the parure as she greets Prince Laurent of Belgium at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 1999
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The parure was then passed down to Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, who wore it to welcome the Dutch royal family to Luxembourg in 1981, posing for a series of photographs in the tiara, earrings, necklace and bracelet (she would go on to wear the set at a number of state visits in the 2010s). The set spent a decade in the royal vaults before Princess Margaretha wore it once more at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 1999. Then, it was the turn of Grand Duke Guillaume’s sister, Princess Alexandra, who wore the parure at the National Day Gala in 2011 and 2015.