Thank you for the pic, Nellie, and reminding me that the diamonds have always been part of the design.
Yes, the current version is better in today's scaled down royal world. On the one hand had the tiara never been altered we wouldn't know this now and it were still the grand piece it used to be. On the other hand it could very well not have been to the Queen's liking and might have stayed in the vaults after Queen Mary's death. Who is to say?
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