Favorite Royal Tiara

Today it's this one which I just saw on another thread, Queen Victoria's emerald and diamond tiara, now owned by the Duke? Earl? of Fife.

OP I saw that Tiara at a Faberge exhibit in Houston. It was exquisite and SO sparkle-y.

Tiara of Marie Therese is another great emerald tiara

Chaumet Emerald Tiara from Luxeumborg

I like Queen Mathilde of Belgium's diamond wreath tiara for its elegance and simplicity.

These are Queen Elizabeth's tiaras. Not a bad one in the bunch. I think I like the diamond and pearl drop tiara the best.

Princess Anne's Festoon Tiara is pretty.

Here's another photo of Anne and the Festoon Tiara.

The Diadem of Ancient Pearls last worn by Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of All The Russias:

Who wore it best?

Who wore it best?

Sorry for the double post. DL is acting up for me today.

The Diadem of Ancient Pearls last worn by Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of All The Russias

I find some of these Dutch royal tiaras a little too grand for Maxima's head. A tiara shouldn't overpower the wearer.

The royal tiaras of Sweden on Crown Prince Victoria.

These tiaras of Queen Rania of Jordan just don't fit properly. They look awkward.

I love Sweden’s amethyst tiara. It’s a favorite of Princess Madeleine and she looks great in it

Norwegian Queen Sonja.

Monaco Pearl Drop Tiara

Another understated but elegant tiara from Princess Anne. It looks quite art deco. Her daughter Zara wore it on her wedding day.

R20 - The Meander Tiara

I think this tiara which was once worn by the Queen Mother is too big for Camilla's head. It's so large that it looks like a CROWN not a TIARA. Her hairstyle does nothing for the jewels either.

R20 Sort of resembles Belgium’s Nine Province Tiara

danish ruby parure tiara... looks like something worn in a winter fairytale.

The Kokoshnik. I've always liked the "wall of diamonds" look.

Little Maria Teresa of Luxembourg looks ridiculous wearing this monstrosity. Bonus: it does add lots of height to her frame. Unfortunately, the tiara is wearing HER not the other way around.

Liechtenstein Hasburg Fringe Tiara

I love the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara (second row on the left at R6).

I like aquamarines so this tiara is one of favorites of the British Queen.

Or the Barberini Sapphire Parure Tiara

I see Kate wore that, but then I see pictures of it on other royalty from other countries. Do they share/borrow jewels? How does that work?

This Ruby and Diamond tiara worn by Crown Princess Mary looks more like a hair band but I like it.

Another pretty aquamarine tiara worn by Princess Madeleine of Sweden.

Maria Teresa at R26 looks like she's doing her farewell walk as Miss Gay USofA. Similarly, Queen Saleha of Brunei's blingiest tiara, while undoubtedly worth multimillions, looks like she got it at FierceDragJewels.com

Aquamarine Bandeau from Luxeumborg

Don't forget that we have an existing thread for ugly tiaras.

The Duchess of Gloucester with her young daughter Lady Rose who gets to wear the tiara.

Grand Duchess Adelaide Tiara, also from Luxeumborg

Empress Farah of Iran had some extravagant jewels. This is the Seven Emerald Tiara made by Harry Winston in the 1950's.

Iran's Turquoise Tiara.

The former Empress of Iran had a huge pink diamond tiara.

The Meiji Scroll Tiara on the Empress of Japan.

Hey hennies

R10 - One day, I will wear it best!

The Mellerio Shell Tiara (worn by Sofia of Spain) is unusual looking. Click for more photos.

The Meiji Scroll is beautiful. It looks similar to but predates the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara.

Luxeumborg Vine Leaves Tiara

This aquamarine tiara really shows off Princess Madeleine of Sweden's dress and eyes.

Citrine and Pearl Bandeau

Many ladies in Sweden's royal family have worn the Queen Josephine Amethyst Tiara (click for photos).

Sweden has some of the best tiaras. This is the Connaught Tiara.

My favorite is the Fabergé Cyclamen tiara owned by the Westminsters. It's beautiful and delicate. It can also be fashioned into a necklace. There's only one very old picture of it worn but it's blurry and difficult to see its dimensions. I can't make out where the hair ends and the tiara begins. (scroll down)

R47 Princess Madeline of Sweden is pretty and pleasant looking. Maybe she just has a good head for tiaras. She looks great in all of the pics of her in this thread.

I like that the Swedes share the amethyst tiara R49.

Sweden's Leuchtenberg Tiara of diamonds and sapphires.

The Baden Fringe Tiara of Sweden.

Six Button Tiara of Sweden.

Princess’s Madeleine seems very down to earth. She posted on her Instagram the other day that she took her kids trick or treating

The Spanish tiaras. I like the Prussian Tiara (middle) which Queen Letizia wore on her wedding day.

Oh wow, R51 is so beautiful.

I saw Princess Madeline and her mother in Nashville a year or two ago in a country and western boot store with a couple of hot security detail closely following. Dressed in frau attire and blending with all the other various sized mouth breathers. No mention of them being there in the paper so I guess they just like country music and were vacationing. One of the strangest things.......

If I were allowed to wear one, I'd insist on a new tiara that incorporated two jeweled antennae rising out of the head ring.

It'd be a brilliant show-stopper and my mum would approve!

I love this tiara, The Greville Emerald

I like the one Kate wore at her wedding. No idea what tiara that is as I'm not that much into crowns and tiaras.

Looking at all this lovely headgear in this thread might make me change my mind though.

R62 It’s the Cartier Halo Scroll Tiara

In the twenties, many royal women wore tiaras in a bandeau fashion (see Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in the photo of the right). Princess Liliane de Rethy wore it the more usual way.

The small Wolfers tiara worn by the late Queen Fabiola of Belgium is almost overwhelmed by her big sixties hair.

Another tiara from the Belgian Royal Family collection.

Bea at R60, you would love the aigrette owned by Princess Astrid of Norway!

No one could wear a tiara like the last Grand Duchess Vladimir, Maria Pavlovna the Elder.

"Miechen" was a very formidable lady! They don't make royalty like her anymore.

Recognize her tiara? It is now owned by the BRF.

A DL Classic: The Spencer Tiara

Thx, R63

Queen Mary would beg to differ, R68.

The Fife Tiara, hands-down. Those shivering teardrop diamonds are incomparable.

More on the Fife and Victoria's emerald tiara, noted in the opening post.

Most of these tiaras are gorgeous, but they don't look great with modern hairstyles. I think that's why Crown Princess Victoria looks so good in all the Swedish bling. She doesn't seem to do sloppy, modern hair when wearing them.

I had no idea Princess Astrid has TWO bug antennae tiaras R67. I only thought there was one. Thanks for posting a pic with both of them side-by-side!

I loved Princess Victoria’s wedding tiara, which dates back to Napoleon

There's a very simple, very modern "tiara" that doesn't look like a tiara and I can't find a picture of it. It's not in the British Royal Family's collection. It's some other royal entity. There are just large diamonds on multiple "sticks" of platinum. It's very modern and doesn't look like a tiara at all, more like fashion accessory, but it's classified as a tiara. Anyone know what I'm talking about? It's driving me NUTS!

[quote]I had no idea Princess Astrid has TWO bug antennae tiaras [R67]. I only thought there was one. Thanks for posting a pic with both of them side-by-side!

It's actually just one—those are clip-on attachments that let her vary her lewk.

Astrid is a fun old gal who knows they look ridiculous and wears them to get a rise out of people.

Is it Maxima’s diamond bandeau tiara R77?

More pics.

And some history about it, if anyone is interested. Hopefully this is the right one R77, or I have just gotten too carried away!

Sweden's Braganza Tiara was made for the Empress Amelie of Brazil, who was a granddaughter of Maximilian I of Bavaria and the Empress Josephine. After Amelie died, it was passed it to her sister, also named Josephine, who married King Oscar I of Sweden (who was actually French). Queen Silvia can't wear it for extended periods because it gives her a headache.

R68 We had a cow named Miechen.

My favorite is the Oriental Circlet. It needs to make an outing soon. If Bea ever walks down the aisle, I wonder if she would wear the York tiara. I know a lot think its ugly, but I find it to be nice.

Also a fan of the Lotus tiara. Last seen on Catherine, it was a favorite of Princess Margaret, and also worn by The Queen Mother.

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The 1960s were the last great time of "tiara hair". I do wish for big hair to make a comeback.

More about the Vladimir Tiara:

I adore tiaras and this is why I keep coming back to DL.

The crown of Princess Blanche - I think it's quite pretty for the time period.

Thanks, R90, I never saw that one before.

I agree that it is quite pretty.

Off topic, but someone mentioned Queen Elisabeth and her jewelry, so I googled and found out that her husband, King Albert, looks a little like Ryan Gosling

R92 - yes, King Albert of the Belgians was good looking as a young man. Alas, he died when he fell off a mountain.

Sorry that was Albert's son Leopold who was quite handsome too. This is Albert.

[quote] There's a very simple, very modern "tiara" that doesn't look like a tiara and I can't find a picture of it. It's not in the British Royal Family's collection. It's some other royal entity. There are just large diamonds on multiple "sticks" of platinum. It's very modern and doesn't look like a tiara at all, more like fashion accessory, but it's classified as a tiara. Anyone know what I'm talking about? It's driving me NUTS!

I'm pretty sure you mean the "diamond foam" tiara made for Princess Charlene of Monaco as a wedding gift from her husband, Prince Albert. it's very contemporary.

I love the Wessex "Cyclops" Aquamarine tiara, which Prince Edward bought just a few years ago for his wife Sophie. It doubles as a necklace.

Upon selecting a royal tiara for her May 2018 nuptials, The Queen tried to slip this one to MM, more appropriate for the woman in question. However, MM, knowing good shit when she sees it, opted for the real shit. (Nice try.)

Sophie's aquamarine tiara is a hundred times prettier than the hideous thing they loaned her for her wedding. Was QEII trolling or something?

R98, that tiara would be very pretty, if they'd given her hair enough volume to hide the fucking framework.

Now here's a gal who knows how to style her hair to show off her tiara! Yeah, the huge puffy hairstyles of the Edwardian era were just as good as the bouffants of the 1960s for providing a proper platform for a tiara, plus the Edwardian ladies got to wear three to five necklaces as well, plus every brooch and bracelet they could find. Damn, those were the days for "a lot of look"!

I always liked this cameo tiara on Princess Victoria of Sweden, but more because it suits her than because it's beautiful in its own right.

She's a big, hearty, square-jawed Valkyrie of a woman, dainty little headpieces look ridiculous on her but this one looks just right.

I count one tiara, one pair of earrings, three diamond necklaces, and ten brooches on Princess Alexandra here, and I'm pretty sure there are more diamond rings, bracelet, pins, and shoe ornaments out of the camera frame.

Would you call this look spectacular, or ghetto?

The Mike Todd Tiara. Purchased for Liz.

My new favorite tiara is a Dutch tiara that hadn’t been seen in generations until a couple of weeks ago. Queen Elizabeth II hosted the King and Queen Of the Netherlands for a State Dinner. Queen Maxima wore the Stuart Tiara which contains the Stuart Diamond that had belonged to Queen Mary II. When Queen Mary II died the diamond when back to the Netherlands. Queen Ann sued to get the Stuart Diamond back but she lost her case and the diamond stayed in the Netherlands. This tiara was last seen in public worn by Queen Juliana. Queen Beatrix never wore it publicly.

Queen Maxima wore it to show the ties between the 2 kingdoms. Queen Maxima wore it with a teal colored gown because the diamond is a shade of blue. If that wasn’t enough she also wore a huge magnificent diamond brooch at her waist. Needless to say the British Royal Family couldn’t compete and Kate was wearing Queen Alexandra pearl and diamond wedding necklace and the the Lover’s Knot Pearl Tiara that Diana famously wore. I would be great full if someone posted a pic of Maxima wearing the Stuart Tiara. Queen Elizabeth had to be like “What the Hell?”

I googled "maxima stuart tiara" and this is what came up.

Dayamn, that's a lot of rocks, but I don't see the blue tint described. Have I got the right tiara?

Yes, r104, that's the Stuart Tiara which can be worn with or without the enormous Stuart stone. I would call it more massive and imposing than truly beautiful but it is surely The Tiara That Cannot Be Ignored.

The Stuart Tiara worn without the Stuart Diamond:

Dazzling Maxima at the recent State Dinner given by Elizabeth:

It's very draggy (in a good way!) with Miss Stuart Stone snapped in.

The Stuart Tiara is less impressive but actually more balanced and attractive without the large stones attached on top.

I like aquamarines but the Queen's aquamarine tiara is my least favorite. The stones are too large. I know they are semi-precious and therefore cheaper but giant honking stones on a delicate framework look unbalanced.

Camilla looks good at R107, yet at the same time she sort of reminds me a elder member of the Imperial Court of NYC.

[quote]Queen Elizabeth had to be like “What the Hell?”

Tiara snatch!

The British are always taking some other countries’ possession and not wanting to give them back. It’s nice to see those shrewd Dutch beat the British at their own game. Queen Maxima was quite bold to wear it. I think the Dutch royals have the best jewels. I guess it’s to be expected that 3 Regnant Queens in a row starting with savy Queen Wilhelmina.

[quote]I think the Dutch royals have the best jewels.

I think it rivals the British royals' at least. The collection is (pardon the cliché) well curated—just really remarkable pieces minus filler like QEII's aquamarine parure.

Yes, R95, I think that must be it. Although I thought the person wearing it had dark hair in the picture I saw back when folks were speculating about what Meghan would wear. I also don't recall so much side structure. In the photo I saw it appeared as if diamonds suspended on platinum sticks were floating above the wearer's hair. I thought the majority of the "workings" were hidden.

I've most likely misremembered that photo because I can't imagine there's another tiara out there anywhere close to the Sea Foam. I think it's lovely, as is the wearer, and I appreciate your sleuthing, R95! And you, too, R80! I appreciate your efforts as well.

I'm R77^^^^

I also like Queen Maxima’s Sapphire Tiara that she wore when she became queen. It is stunning but I think the Stuart Tiara trumps it.

I really love the Girls of Britain and Ireland Tiara. It has a classic delicacy and QEII looks stunning in it. I also think she wore the Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara the best. Elizabeth II is inately regal and had a handsome beauty that worked well with large jewels and complicated sets.

The Stuart Tiara is stunning and very bold. You have to be a large woman, like Maxima, to carry it off. I think Elizabeth II would have managed it well. Didn't they try to get it back?

Queen Ann sued to get it back. Didn’t she realize that William of Orange, the King and co-ruler of Queen Mary would be the next of kin.

Princess Grace of Monaco had a lovely ruby and diamond tiara with matching necklace. I haven't seen it worn by anyone in the family for quite some time.

That's a fun thing to think about, R119. What court do they go to for this?

I love the Kinsky Honeysuckle Tiara

I like the necklace, but the design of the tiara makes it look like the rubies are cherries surrounded by tin foil. It must be prettier up close.

It's dumb of me but I'm always shocked to see a photo of Princess Grace of Monaco at that age, R120. In my mind she was very young when she died and looked like she did in "To Catch a Thief." I think it's because of all the car chase scenes in that film.

Wow, a lot of these royals need to sell a diamond or two and get some damn veneers! To have that kind of wealth and still have ugly, badly colored teeth is shocking.

The Murat tiara: Only royal adjacent, though the Murats are descended from the former King of Sicily:

Queen Noor of Jordan wearing the Diamond Sunburst Tiara. She was quite pretty before all of the plastic surgery on her face.

Queen Mathilde of the Belgians wearing the Nine Province Tiara.

A video of Beautiful Royal Tiaras Part 1.

Beautiful Royal Tiaras Part 2.

Here's Queen Mathilde of Belgium wearing a hell of a set of rocks, featuring pink stones.

Anyone know what this set is called, and what the pink stones are? Sapphires?

That is Max r131

[quote] If that wasn’t enough she also wore a huge magnificent diamond brooch at her waist.

Mary!

r131, that's not Queen Mathilde; that's Queen maxima of the Netherlands. And those stones are rubies surrounded by diamonds.

Another vote for the Spanish Shell Tiara. Designed by Oscar Massin for the famed Paris jewelry firm Mellerio Dits Meller, it is a sea shell rising out of cresting wave. It was purchased by Queen Isabel II of Spain in 1867.

My second favorite is the Boucheron Hokusai Wave Tiara. Unfortunately it's been missing for decades. It was designed in 1910 by Coulon for Boucheron Paris using as inspiration the famed woodblock print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.

R136 - you may like this video of the Japanese royal tiaras.

The Cartier Diamond and Pearl Tiara was made for Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. Queens Sofia and Letizia have worn it through the years.

Luxembourg's Grand Duchess Maria Teresa wears the sapphire and diamond Adelaide tiara.

I'm starving to death.

The tiara at R138 is too large for some of the ladies who are wearing it, and I've noticed that some of the bigger ladies (like Queen Maxima and Princess Victoria) look wrong in smaller tiaras.

And that's why every family ought to have a good selection of tiaras, so each lady can wear the ones that suit her best!

The Swedish Four Button tiara is unattractive is often called The Jeep Tiara by the experts on Royal Jewels Of The World Message Board because it looks like the lights on a Jeep.

Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece werks Queen Sophie's Tiara

Boucheron Hokusai Wave Tiara, missing? As in, not seen but possibly in the vault? Who had it last? It's stunning.

It looks like Boucheron still puts out photos of it (they tweeted about it in 2015) and the tiara bloggers describe it as whereabouts unknown, nothing about it online. Either it is in a private collection, or it has been broken up into smaller pieces of jewelry.

And if you scroll down on this Boucheron page to 1973, it was apparently on display at the opening of the first Boucheron boutique in Japan.

Beautiful

"1973 Opening of the first boutique in Japan. This 1910 tiara is a beautiful example of a Japanese inspired piece paying homage to the famous Hokusai painting, entitled The Great Wave of Kanagawa, from the 'Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji' series."

Not a royal tiara but close enough. The Portland Tiara has been STOLEN. It's property of the Dukes of Portland.

Can anyone tell me where this lovely emerald thing comes from, and what it's called?

I believe I have the most tasteless crown in the history of the planet!

Behold, Seville's crown of the Virgin de los Royes!

Hi R150, That tiara is apparently from a private Spanish family, dates to 1915, it's in a Christie's catalog at this link, you'll need to scroll down a bit but you can see the whole page of the catalog on it. It's beautiful.

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