We have
\(\color{red}{\lambda\mathbf{w}^{*}}=\underbrace{\mathbf{w}^{*T}\mathbb{C}'\mathbf{w}^{*}}_{\lambda}\mathbf{w}^{*}=\mathbf{w}^{*T}\lambda\mathbf{w}^{*}\mathbf{w}^{*}=\mathbf{w}^{*T}\mathbf{w}^{*}\color{red}{\lambda\mathbf{w}^{*}}\)
so that
\(\mathbf{w}^{*T}\mathbf{w}^{*}=1\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\left|\mathbf{w}^{*}\right|^{2}=1\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left|\mathbf{w}^{*}\right|=1\)