Garrard created the new tiara, which could still be worn as a necklace. The Queen Mother seldom wore the tiara, preferring two others, but again lent it to Princess Anne for her marriage to Captain Mark Phillips.
On the Queen Mother's death, the Queen inherited it and began wearing it. The fringe tiara originated in Russia, and is a common feature of many royal tiara collections. A fringe tiara consists of graduated diamond posts, the tallest in the center and descending in size, separated by narrower posts in a differing shape. The stones are closer together and have a dense, less lacy appearance than most tiaras.
Believed by many to be the Queen's favorite tiara. The original verision had pearl finials at the top, later removed and replaced with diamond collets; the pearls became part of the Lover's Knot tiara. Queen Mary later removed the bandeau at the bottom and wore it as a separate piece.
The two remained separate when the tiara was given to Queen Elizabeth; she had it reattached in , giving the tiara extra height. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland is one of the most identifiable tiaras the Queen wears; she is pictured wearing it on the current British currency. When not worn by the Queen, it can be viewed at the Queen's Gallery in London.
With the fall of the Russian monarchy, many of the jewels owned by the Russian royal families found their way into the collections of monarchs from other countries as suddenly-impoverished royals found it necessary to sell the pieces in their collections smuggled out of the country during the Russian Revolution.
Among these pieces is the Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna aska Grand Duchess Vladimir Alexandrovich amassed a sizeable collection of jewels, and set up a court to rival that of Nicholas and Alexandra, where she could show them off.
This tiara was among her finest pieces, consisting of 15 intertwined circles, each with a drop pearl within it, created by Bolin, the Russian court jeweler, in the late s. The tiara was sold by her daughter to Queen Mary in In , Queen Mary arranged for 15 of the Cambridge emeralds to be mounted so they could be worn with the tiara. The tiara can also be worn without pendants, making the tiara lighter to wear. Although the Queen generally wears the tiara with the pearls, has occasionally worn the tiara with no stones, commenting that it is "quieter" than with the hanging stones.
The tiara consists of stones already owned by Queen Mary, largely taken from a tiara she was given as a wedding gift and later dismantled. The tiara consists of 19 inverted arches, bridged by a diamond lover's knot, from which a pearl drop hangs, capped by a diamond finial. It originally included upright pearl finials, similar to the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, but these were later removed. Queen Elizabeth inherited the tiara after Queen Mary's death, and wore it early in her reign before putting it in the royal vault for a time.
Princess Diana wore the tiara often, although she found it heavy to wear. On her death, it returned to storage, and only recently has been seen again, now worn by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on two occasions. Queen Alexandra's Kokosknik tiara is in the Russian fringe style popular in the late 19th century.
A kokosknik is an arched headdress word in Russia to anchor a headscarf; its basic shape was adapted into a tiara for Alexandra, Princess of Wales later Queen Alexandra for her 25th wedding anniversary in The tiara, a gift from the peeresses of the realm, was inspired by jewels owned by Alexandra's sister Dagmar, later Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia the mother of Tzar Nicholas of Russia. The tiara is made up of round diamonds set in platinum bars, and was created by Garrard, the Crown Jeweller.
Queen Alexandra wore it often. Upon her death in , it passed to Queen Mary, who also wore it. Upon the death of her husband, Edward VII, she retained the tiara as a personal possession rather than passing it to Queen Elizabeth later the Queen Mother.
When she died in , it was inherited by Queen Elizabeth II, who wears it frequently. Like Queen Mary's Fringe tiara, the Kokoshnik can also be adapted to be worn as a necklace. The tiara was made in , just weeks before the Duke and Duchess of York became king and queen. The Duchess was seen wearing it only once; preferring the grander tiaras available to her when she became Queen.
The tiara was given to Princess Elizabeth as an 18th birthday gift. Although she never wore it herself, she lent it to Princess Margaret, who wore it frequently as a young woman, then later, to Princess Anne. Often thought of as a young woman's tiara, it soon was retired to the vault until it reappeared in , anchoring Katherine Middleton's bridal veil at her wedding to Prince William.
Accompanying the tiara were a pair of drop earrings made for the Duchess by Robinson Pelham, which echo the finials on the tiara, a wedding gift from her father and mother.
It was designed by Boucheron in for well-known society hostess Margaret Mrs. Having had no children, she left her collection of jewels, sometimes known as the "Greville Hoard" to the Queen in Originally the tiara had a closed top, but after the war, the Queen had Cartier remodel the tiara to open up and rearrange the top level to add small diamond finials, including a central marquise-cut diamond.
The tiara soon became one of the Queen Mother's two favorites. On her death in it passed to her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, who never wore it. In , she lent it to, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who wears it regularly, as it is well suited to her stature and abundant hair. In , the tiara was given to Queen Elizabeth as a wedding gift. She did not wear it, although Princess Margaret did so occasionally. The tiara is now owned by Princess Anne, who wears it frequently. A meander tiara is made of diamonds, and takes its inspiration from neoclassical Greek and Roman design.
It features a series of interlocking spirals also known as a Greek key , believed to symbolize unity. It is a favored design for royal bridal tiaras. The origin of the tiara is unclear, although Geoffrey Munn of Wartsky, London, believes it was constructed in the early 20th century, possibly by Cartier, for Princess Alice of Battenburg's marriage to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Here, she's wearing the tiara at a royal gala in May 30, This four-strand pearl choker with diamond pendant was commissioned for the Queen by the Japanese government in the early 80's; she's seen wearing it here on November 16, It's been seen on the Duchess of Cambridge as well.
The Queen's striking amethyst set, which includes a diamond brooch, necklace and earrings, is known as the Crown Amethyst Suite of Jewels or the The Kent Amethysts. The set originally belonged to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Elizabeth is seen wearing it here on March 26, Here the Queen dons a diamond and aquamarine earrings, and necklace set, gifted to her by the People of Brazil for her coronation. Four years later, she commissioned Garrard to make her a tiara that matches nicely.
The uprights are apparently detachable and could be used as brooches. She's seen wearing the set here on October 15, The Queen's emerald necklace and matching earrings, worn here on October 14, , are known as the Cambridge and Delhi Durbar Parure. The tiara originally featured large pearls, which were removed on Queen Mary's orders and refashioned into the Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara , a favorite of both Princess Diana and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
The Queen's diamond and sapphire necklace and earrings, known fittingly as the Victorian Suite of Sapphire and Diamond set, were made originally in and gifted to Lilibet by her father, King George VI, for her wedding. The matching tiara was made in She's seen wearing them here on June 11, It was a favorite of the Queen Mother's, and Queen Elizabeth herself has only worn it once, for a trip to Malta.
Originally designed for Queen Mary in , the Cullinan V Heart diamond brooch that the Queen is pictured wearing on March 9, is about 19 carats.
The diadem is traditionally worn by queens and queens consort to the State Openings of Parliament. This yellow gold, ruby, and diamond " Scarab Brooch " is a favorite of the Queen's and was gifted to her by her husband, Prince Philip, in This charming bejeweled basket of flowers brooch was gifted to the Queen by her parents after the birth of Prince Charles in
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