Monday Tidbits for May 8: Color Blocking and Colorful Hats

Looking forward to a big royal party in Norway this week. Until then:

--There's some good color blocking from Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie in this interview she and her husband gave to Place Royale (in French), complete with a matching purse. [Facebook]

Place Royale screencap

--Here's a rare appearance: the Duchess of Kent turned up to celebrate a school's 50th anniversary. [Bucks Free Press]

--Remember the Duchess of Windsor's Schiaparelli lobster dress? Actress Kristen Scott Thomas took the modern version out for a spin last week. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]

--Double the interesting hats for Princess Benedikte on duty in Denmark recently: great stripes and you know I love the purple. [Nordjyske, Billed-Bladet]

BilledBladet Screencap

--Over at the Jewel Vault: Prince William pitches in.

--Here's a headline designed to get my clicks: Curious eight-year-old girl asked the Queen about the Crown Jewels - and got a reply! [Examiner]

--And finally, just a little tiara love to start your week: Cartier's take on a coral tiara, up for auction in June from the Metropolitan Opera Guild.

This beautiful art deco Cartier tiara was a fave with many on my Stories yesterday so I'm reposting here. It will be auctioned at Christies New York on 20 June as part of the Metropolitan Opera Guild collection. You can just picture it being worn by a soprano standing stage-front, the diamonds glittering under the lights. Designed as two rows of graduating coral tablets, each tablet centers upon a diamond star motif and is topped with graduating pearls and collet-set diamonds, flanked on each side by single and old-cut diamond festoons. Its estimate is $200,000 - 300,000, here's hoping it goes to a worthy home. #cartier #christiesjewels #artdecojewels #metopera #coral #diamonds

A post shared by Rachel Garrahan (@rgarrahan) on Apr 22, 2017 at 9:05am PDT

Coming up this week: The aforementioned birthday fun in Norway (maybe open post style? If streaming is open internationally, I'll let ya know), plus catch ups from elsewhere and Kate takes Luxembourg...

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