Queen Camilla and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Twin with Surprise Jewelry Trend

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Camilla on March 27, 2024; Queen Maxima on March 26, 2024.Photo:Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP via Getty; Patrick van Katwijk/Getty

Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP via Getty; Patrick van Katwijk/Getty

Queen CamillaandQueen Maximaof the Netherlands agree that just one brooch isn’t enough this spring!

Queen Camilla, 76, and Queen Maxima, 52, each doubled up on the accessory a day apart this week and wore two glittering pins for royal duty. Tightening the tie, both Queens’ brooches were bugs!

Hello!reported that insect jewelry was “hugely popular” in the Victorian era, signaling the wearer as “genteel, nurturing and virtuous.” The two Queens might be ahead of a budding trend, asThe Zoe Reportnoted that Chanel and Miu Miu sent brooches down the runway this spring.

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands at the launch of online tool Checkers on March 26, 2024 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick van Katwijk/Getty

Patrick van Katwijk/Getty

The Dutch royal pinned the brooches on a diagonal of her jacket at the MIND Us event in The Hague, which marked the kickoff of an online tool to help adults start positive conservations with young people about mental health.

Then on Wednesday, Queen Camilla wore two bee brooches the same way for a visit to the Shrewsbury Farmers’ Market, making a more subdued statement than Queen Maxima’s giant spiders. Queen Camilla may have reached for the bees in honor of a certain group she was meeting in Shrewsbury: the local Bee Keeper’s Association.

Queen Camilla smiles at the Farmers' Market on March 27, 2024 in Shrewsbury, England.Chris Jackson - Pool/Getty

Chris Jackson - Pool/Getty

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Queen Camilla receives well wishes for Kate Middleton at the Shrewsbury Farmers' Market on March 27, 2024.Chris Jackson/Pool/Getty

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