I think that Queen Lovisa might have been wearing one of the pearl drops when the photo below was taken, and also possibly what is now the stud portion of the pearl drop earrings worn with the necklace.
My reading of what the Queen said about the gift from the Khedive is that the drop section of the earrings were part of the gift because they were originally pendants on the necklace. That leaves the possibility (indeed the probability) that the stud sections of the earrings have a different origin.
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