![]() In 1965, Grand Duchess Kira lent the Meander Tiara to her daughter Princess Marie-Cécile when she married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, and the Tiara was also worn by another daughter, Princess Xenia, in 1973 when she married Per-Edvard Lithander. Grand Duchess Kira wearing the Prussian Meander Tiara /YjSLUJHBzw- The Royal Watcher March 7, 2021Ī post shared by Deutsches Kaiserhaus Xenia of Prussia wearing the Prussian Meander Tiara /FIgyOuGUSa- The Royal Watcher March 7, 2021 ⠀ #GreatJewelr圜ollectors #FDNotebookĪ post shared by FD GALLERY on at 5:56am PDT Another tiara from the collection of Crown Princess Cecilie sold at Sotheby’s last year for $437,500 (image 7). ⠀ The tiara she wore for her wedding is still with the Hohenzollern family and is worn by the couple's descendants (image 6). Kira had met Anderson briefly in 1952 at the urging of her mother-in-law, Crown Princess Cecilie, who believed Anderson's claim, but Kira was not convinced, and reportedly found the woman "repellent" and "not a lady". ⠀ After the war, Kira was called upon to testify in the case of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia. As a staunch opponent of the Nazi Party, Louis worked with the underground against the Nazis, and as a result, the couple was arrested and imprisoned at Dachau, but were rescued by American troops in 1945. ⠀ Kira was a great granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II, and Louis Ferdinand was a grandson of the last German Kaiser (image 3) and the pretender to the abolished German monarchy. She is wearing the Prussian Meander Tiara which was made by Koch in 1905 for her new mother-in-law, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (image 2) when she married Wilhelm, the German Crown Prince. She wore the Spencer Family Tiara and a voluminous gown by David & Elizabeth Emanuel.#TheCoronaDiaries_FD ⠀ Grand Duchess Kira of Russia, granddaughter of the indomitable Grand Duchess Vladimir, shown here adjusting her makeup after her wedding to Louis Ferdinand of Prussia in 1938. (Above: The late Diana, Princess of Wales, rides in a carriage after marrying Prince Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral on 29 July 1981. Diana’s two sisters also wore the crown for their wedding days. The central part of the crown was given as a wedding present in 1919 from Lady Sarah Spencer to Cynthia, Viscountess Althorp (Diana’s grandmother), while, in 1937, Garrard was commissioned to create four matching elements. The ends of the headpiece are said to be parts of a tiara that was once owned by Frances Manby and left to Lady Sarah Spencer in 1875. It is comprised of jewellery from different eras and jewellers, and has changed over time. The Spencer Family Tiara is not in the royal collection, but is still among one of the most famous British tiaras. ![]() Though the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was gifted the Lover’s Knot tiara by the Queen on her wedding day, in 1981, she chose to wear a family heirloom for her marriage to Prince Charles. ![]() Here, a selection of the most famous royal tiaras that have been worn by royals across three centuries. Royal tiaras have played an enduring role in British heritage. Tracing the tiaras, then, tells us as much about family relationships as it does stones. Princess Eugenie wore a similar headband style for her wedding day, the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik tiara, originally created by Boucheron for society hostess Margaret Greville in 1919, and left to the Queen when she died in 1947 (it was Eugenie’s “something borrowed”). This tiara was also made for Queen Mary, in 1932, though its central (detachable) brooch dates back to 1893 – the surrounding tiara was created to accommodate the jewel by request of the Queen, to whom it was given in 1953. Kate didn’t wear it for her nuptials to Prince William – for that, she wore the Cartier Halo Tiara – but it has since become a regular in her jewellery box.Īnd let’s not forget the diamond bandeau that the Duchess of Sussex wore for her marriage to Prince Harry. ![]() Later, it was given to Queen Elizabeth, who eventually gave it to Princess Diana on her wedding day, in 1981. Then there is the Lover’s Knot tiara, one of the Duchess of Cambridge’s favourites, first commissioned for Queen Mary in 1913. Read more: 5 Arresting Jewellery Images From The British Vogue Archive It was then given to Mary’s granddaughter, the Queen (née Princess Elizabeth) as a wedding present. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was gifted to Queen Mary in 1893 by Lady Eva Greville, who later became one of her ladies-in-waiting. But the story behind the tiara she wears is lesser known. What’s the most famous tiara in the world? Well, certainly the most recognisable would have to be the one in which the Queen is depicted on our banknotes and coins: the first £1 note that carried her portrait was issued on 17 March 1960.
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