With ‘new’ sapphire earrings.

I notest these new earrings on the Queen.
They are beautiful! Any idea of the provenance?
I don't recall seing them on the late Queen Fabiola.
A gift from the King perhaps?

From the rather blurry photo it looks like a more modern design to me.
Does anyone have a close up?

on this link can you find a better photo:
https://www.modekoninginmaxima.nl/mathilde-schittert-in-dior-tijdens-frans-staatsbezoek/

Besides these "new" sapphire and diamond earrings, Queen Mathilde also wore her large diamond "butterfly" brooch pinned on the back of her hairdo:



A pity that Queen Mathilde did not manage to wear at least one of her diamond brooches to adorn her corsage. The "butterfly" brooch, for example, would have looked gorgeous pinned on the centre of the corsage of her night blue dress.

The general dress code of this State banquet was globally disappointing. The men even wore day suits (for a State banquet!!!), instead of black ties! What a decadence since King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola's State visit to France in 1961!