Laeken Tiara Parade Fetes Japan's Emperors
At the Palace of Laeken in Belgium, a state banquet honored Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, with the Belgian royal family flashing an array of tiaras: Masako wore the honeysuckle diamond tiara with a matching necklace and earrings; Queen Mathilde wore the Nine Provinces Tiara; Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, wore the Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara in her first state banquet; Princess Eleonore debuted a brand-new diamond tiara (likely Coosemans); Princess Astrid wore the Savoy-Aosta Tiara. For the first time all four of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s children attended a state banquet.