By Marisa Laudadio
5:00am PDT, Apr 29, 2024
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To celebrate Princess Kate and Prince William's 13th wedding anniversary on April 29, 2024, we're taking a look at the best royal wedding tiaras in recent decades…
Queen Elizabeth II lent grandson Prince William's college love, Kate Middleton, the Cartier Halo Tiara, which is also sometimes called the Cartier Scroll Tiara, for her April 29, 2011, wedding at Westminster Abbey in London. The piece was made in 1936 and purchased by the queen's father, Prince Albert, Duke of York, for his wife three weeks before he became King George VI and she became Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), The Express reported. The tiara was then given to their eldest daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II, as an 18th birthday gift.
Keep reading for a closer look at the diadem…
Then keep reading for to see more royal brides' glittering headpieces…
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Here's a closer look at the Cartier Halo Tiara, which was worn by the new Duchess of Cambridge — now Princess Kate — on her wedding day in 2011.
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The Cartier Halo Tiara was the perfect piece to complement Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen wedding dress when she married Prince William at Westminster Abbey in London on April, 29, 2011.
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Princess Eugenie of York borrowed the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara from grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on her wedding day in 2018.
The accessory is made of brilliant and rose-cut diamonds set in platinum with six emeralds on either side. It was made by Boucheron in 1919 "in the fashionable 'kokoshnik' style popularized in the Russian Imperial Court," the palace explained, and bequeathed by its original owner, Dame Margaret Greville, to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1942.
Those diamond and emerald drop earrings Eugenie wore, however, were a wedding gift from new husband Jack Brooksbank.
Keep reading to see Eugenie's whole wedding look…
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Princess Eugenie of York married Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on Oct. 12, 2018.
Keep reading for a close-up view of her incredible emerald and diamond tiara…
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Here's a closer look at the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara worn by Princess Eugenie during her 2018 wedding. According to The Telegraph, the center cabochon emerald weighs a whopping 93.7 carats!
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When Princess Beatrice, the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, exchanged vows with British-Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, England, on July 17, 2020, she donned some very sentimental diamonds — the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara, which was also worn by grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on her own wedding day in 1947.
Keep reading to see it up close…
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Here's a closer look at the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara. The headpiece was commissioned by its namesake — the paternal grandmother of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II — in 1919 from royal jeweler Garrard. It was originally a necklace that had been a wedding day gift to Mary from Queen Victoria. In 1936, the tiara was gifted to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who later lent it to her eldest daughter, then still Princess Elizabeth, on her wedding day in 1947.
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Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter, Princess Anne, also borrowed the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara on her wedding day. She married her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, on Nov. 14, 1973.
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A few hours before Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (the late Prince Philip) at Westminster Abbey in London on Nov. 20, 1947, the tiara she'd chosen snapped. Thankfully, one of the jewelers from Garrard was on hand to repair it in time for the ceremony, though if you look closely, you can see a slight gap between the spikes where the hasty fix was made.
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden married Daniel Westling in Stockholm on June 19, 2010, wearing a tiara that's a family heirloom and popular royal wedding accessory. Keep reading for a closer look…
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore the Cameo Tiara on her wedding day in 2010. The crown has been worn by many other Swedish royal brides including two of her royal aunts and her mother, Queen Silvia.
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden's mother, Queen Silvia, was commoner Silvia Sommerlath when she wore the Cameo Tiara to marry King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 19, 1976.
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The former Meghan Markle's "something borrowed" on her 2018 wedding day was her glittering diadem. Queen Elizabeth II lent the new Duchess of Sussex a piece from her personal collection — Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara. "The diamond bandeau is English and was made in 1932, with the entre brooch dating from 1893," the palace explained. "This brooch was given as a present to the then-Princess Mary in 1893 by the County of Lincoln on her marriage to Prince George, Duke of York. The bandeau and the brooch were bequeathed by Queen Mary to [her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II] in 1953." Keep reading for a closer look…
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Here's a closer look at Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara, which was made for Queen Mary in 1932 to accommodate in the center a detachable brooch (made of 10 brilliant diamonds) that was given to her as a present for her own wedding in 1893 by the County of Lincoln. The bandeau is formed as a flexible band of 11 sections pierced with interlaced ovals and set with large and small brilliant diamonds.
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Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara looked incredible with Duchess Meghan's wedding dress, which was designed by Givenchy artistic director Clare Waight Keller for the ceremony at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on May 19, 2018.
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Queen Elizabeth II's little sister, Princess Margaret, married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6, 1960. See her incredible wedding tiara next…
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Princess Margaret wore the Poltimore Tiara on her wedding day in 1960. The diamond crown was crafted by Garrard in the 1870s for Lady Florence Poltimore. "It was purchased for her at auction in January 1959. It is not absolutely clear whether Margaret, her sister the queen or her mother actually paid for it," Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, a vintage jewelry dealer and scholar with expertise on Princess Margaret, told Town & Country.
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The Poltimore Tiara that Princess Margaret wore for her 1960 wedding was sold at auction in 2006 — four years after her death — for $1.7 million.
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Spain's Crown Prince Felipe De Borbon (now King Felipe VI) posed with new bride Princess Letizia (now Queen Letizia) at the Royal Palace in Madrid after their wedding at Almudena Cathedral on May 22, 2004. Get a closer look at her hand-me-down wedding tiara next…
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The former Queen Sofia of Spain lent her son's bride, former news anchor Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano — who's now the queen of Spain — the Prussian Tiara that Sofia wore at her own wedding in 1962 when she was still known as Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark.
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Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark wore the Prussian Tiara when she married future king Prince Juan Carlos of Spain in Athens on May 14, 1962. The tiara is an early 20th century German imperial heirloom that first belonged to the future Queen Sofia's maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
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Britain's King Charles III was still the Prince of Wales when he married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. Keep reading to see her wedding tiara — a stunning family heirloom.
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Princess Diana didn't need to borrow a tiara from mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth II, as her own aristocratic family had a stunning diamond headpiece she could wear on her big day. The Spencer Tiara was crafted from multiple pieces of jewelry in the early 20th century and was also worn by Diana's sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, on their wedding days.
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Former reality TV star Sofia Hellqvist wore a modern diamond and emerald tiara when she wed Sweden's Prince Carl Philip on June 13, 2015. Get a closer look…
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The king and queen of Sweden gifted new daughter-in-law Princess Sofia with a tiara crafted from diamonds in the shape of palmettes topped with emeralds ahead of her 2015 marriage to their only son, Prince Carl Philip. The diadem was reportedly made from an emerald and diamond necklace — a gift from a Thai prince — that Queen Silvia had in her personal jewelry collection.
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Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson — making her the Duchess of York — at London's Westminster Abbey on July 23, 1986. See her wedding tiara next…
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Sarah, Duchess of York wore a brand new tiara — a wedding gift from now-ex-husband Prince Andrew's parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — when she walked down the aisle in 1986. The piece, by Garrard, was dubbed the York Diamond Tiara.
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Princess Margaret's daughter, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, married Daniel Chatto at St. Stephen Walbrook Church in London on July 14, 1994. Get a closer look at her delicate wedding tiara…
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Three diamond brooches that Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon gave to Princess Margaret as a wedding gift were combined and crafted into the Snowdon Floral Tiara for their daughter, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, to wear on her wedding day in 1994. She added some real greenery to the sides of the diadem to complement the nature motif.
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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex married Sophie Rhys-Jones — making her the Countess of Wessex — at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on June 19, 1999. Next, get a closer look at the tiara Sophie wore on her wedding day…
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For her 1999 wedding, Sophie, Countess of Wessex — now the Duchess of Edinburgh — wore a very special diamond headpiece that was a gift from new mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth II. It's been dubbed the Anthemion Tiara. The diadem was reportedly crafted from four pieces of a crown that once belonged to Queen Victoria that had been a part of Elizabeth's private jewelry collection.
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Princess Madeleine of Sweden married British-American financier Chris O'Neill in Stockholm on June 8, 2013. See her wedding tiara next…
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Princess Madeleine of Sweden wore the Modern Fringe Tiara, which reportedly came from mother Queen Silvia's private jewelry collection and was then gifted to the young royal, for her 2013 wedding. In a fun twist, she covered the headband portion of the piece, which can be converted into a necklace, with tiny white orange blossoms for her walk down the aisle.
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Princess Anne's daughter, Olympic equestrian Zara Phillips, married rugby star Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011. Keep reading to see Zara's incredible tiara…
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The glittering diamond bandeau — the Greek Key Tiara, also known as Princess Andrew's Meander Tiara — that Zara Tindall wore on her 2011 wedding day originally belonged to grandfather Prince Philip's mother, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (born Princess Alice of Battenberg). Philip's mother gifted it to future daughter-in-law Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present and she later gave it to her only daughter, Princess Anne, who then lent it to Zara. It's believed it was crafted in the early 1900s.
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Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and Nina Flohr, a Swiss airline heiress, exchanged vows in a religious wedding ceremony in Athens on Oct. 23, 2021, following a civil ceremony in December 2020. The new Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark topped her Chanel wedding dress with a long veil and the Antique Corsage Tiara — a converted diamond and pearl corsage ornament that originally belonged to her groom's great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria of Sweden, and currently belongs to his mother, Queen Anne-Marie, The Court Jeweller reported, adding that Nina is the third Greek royal bride (following Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Princess Tatiana) to wear this sparkler on her wedding day. Keep reading for a close-up look at the tiara…
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Before the Antique Corsage Tiara was ever a tiara, it was a corsage ornament, or stomacher, that belonged to Queen Victoria of Sweden. According to The Court Jeweller, it was passed down to her granddaughter, Queen Ingrid, who wore its diamonds and pearls as a necklace and brooch before having it mounted on a tiara frame for her own daughter, Queen Anne-Marie (Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark's mother) as an 18th birthday gift in 1964.
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Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips, married Autumn Kelly at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on May 17, 2008. Keep reading for a closer look at her tiara…
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Princess Anne lent one of her most worn diadems, the Festoon Tiara, to son Peter Phillips' bride, Autumn Kelly, for their 2008 wedding. The tiara was gifted to the Princess Royal in 1973 by the World Wide Shipping Group, a Hong Kong firm, after Anne christened a ship for the company.
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Lady Gabriella Windsor — whose father, Prince Michael of Kent, is Queen Elizabeth II's cousin — married Thomas Kingston at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on May 18, 2019. See her tiara — a family heirloom — next…
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Lady Gabriella Windsor wore the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara, which was inherited by her father, Prince Michael of Kent, from his mother, the Duchess of Kent (the former Princess Marina of Greece). Gabriella's grandmother received the diadem as a wedding gift from the City of London in 1934.
