List of tiaras owned by Queen Elizabeth IIArchived Message
Posted by Beth on December 9, 2015, 9:35 pm
In a thread below Frank said that QEII owns 21 tiaras plus a possible 4 others.
I thought it might be helpful if we could compile a list of tiaras known to have been or are owned by HM.
I think it is best to exclude items such as QEQM's aquamarine tiara which it is said was given to Princess Anne as a wedding present and the Teck circles necklace/tiara as Roberts says this remained with Lord Linley
Tiaras
1. Diamond Diadem
2. Girls of Great Britain and Ireland
3. Vladimir tiara
4. Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik tiara
5. Queen Mary's fringe tiara
6. Queen Adelaide's fringe tiara/necklace
7. Delhi Durbar
8. QEII's sapphire tiara adapted from Belgian necklace.
2. Smaller aquamarine tiara worn by Countess of Wessex, which had initially been worn by HM.
3. Countess of Wessex's wedding tiara. I suspect this is possible because the elements came from one of Queen Victoria's jewels.
Have any been missed?
I have not included the two unworn sapphire tiaras Field talks about. I suspect one is the one worn by Queen Mary (listed above) and that the other may have belonged to Queen Alexandra. Nor have I included the possibility that QEQM inherited an emerald tiara from Mrs Greville.