Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle Just Wore Winter's Biggest Jewelry Trend

As you may have noticed, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle often keep their jewelry classic and subdued, but when their schedules call for a glamorous night out, they get to have their pick of the royal family's vast jewelry collection. Tonight was certainly one of those occasions: Prince Charles's 70th-birthday party at Buckingham Palace. While photos of their full looks haven't emerged (and possibly never will), photographers did catch Markle and Middleton arriving at the palace via car, wearing winter's number one jewelry trend: chandelier earrings.
Oversize crystal earrings have been all over Instagram as of late, and retailers are stocking up on the statement-earring trend just in time for the holidays. The only difference with the dangling earrings the duchesses wore is that theirs are undoubtedly genuine diamonds (and our jaws are currently on the floor). Keep scrolling to see their earrings up close and to shop the non-genuine version of the trend for yourself.
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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