Royal Jewels of the World Message Board: Re: Queen Azizah’s Cartier Tiara on display in Melbourne

I have no idea where these tiaras actually come from, but they’re probably not the same ones:
The central element on the second tiara is larger and now extends beyond the upper and lower diamond bands.
The other elements were each adorned with a diamond cross or a flower; now they are solitaire diamonds.
There were no strings of pearls at the top and bottom; now there are strings made of smaller and larger pearls.
There were thick diamond bands at the top and bottom; now there are only narrow diamond bands.

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Almost two years ago, I made the discovery connecting Queen Azizah’s Diamond Bandeau to Queen Mary's ‘lost’ Diamond Lozenge Bandeau and I am now excited to reveal that Queen Azizah’s Cartier Tiara is now on display in the new Cartier Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne , which opens tomorrow and runs until October!

I am also delighted to reveal that I will be beginning a Masters at the University of Cambridge later this year, with my research centred around my discovery of the Cartier Tiara in Queen Azizah’s collection as part of a thesis on the adoption and evolution of Tiaras in Malaysia.