The Queen S Sapphire Tiara

The queen s emerald necklace and matching earrings worn here on october 14 1989 are known as the cambridge and delhi durbar parure.

The queen s sapphire tiara. But after her death in 1965 the country was without a queen for more than a decade. The cambridge sapphire parure tiara. The duchess of fife tiara replica. During that time the sapphires were worn by princess sibylla the mother of the current king who served as first lady for her father in law.

The present owners of the queen victoria s diamond and sapphire tiara are the earl and countess of harewood. The tiara given to alexandra her brother in law tsar alexander iii of russia was later sold by maud. Girls of gb ireland tiara no bandeau replica. Queen mary wore the tiara in a few portraits and after her death princess margaret was photographed in the piece on at least four occasions.

George vi sapphire suite tiara replica. Queen mary s diamond bandeau replica. The queen had the necklace shortened and the set modified adding the modern sapphire tiara and a bracelet. Queen victoria s sapphire coronet replica.

The scandalous royal who previously owned queen s diadem the queen has one of the most extensive jewellery collections in the world and is particularly noted for her tiaras. Queen louise the second wife of king gustaf vi adolf made the sapphire tiara one of her signature pieces. The spencer tiara replica. Part of a nineteenth century diamond and sapphire parure that passed through queen mary s family from her grandmother princess augusta duchess of cambridge to her aunt the grand duchess of mecklenburg strelitz this tiara was given by mary to her daughter in law princess marina duchess of kent as a.

Queen alexandra s sapphire tiara hulton archive getty images lady maud carnegie later the countess of southesk wears the amethyst setting of queen alexandra s sapphire tiara as she blows her nose during the 1937 coronation. During a tour of the west indies in the spring of 1958 during the west german state visit in october 1958 at a state banquet at buckingham palace in april 1960 and at the wedding of princess astrid of. Featuring 33 blue sapphires and 655 diamonds set in platinum the tiara resembles the gothic architecture of a great cathedral with sparkling stained glass. In 1997 an exhibition called one hundred tiaras an evolution of style 1800 1900 was organized by geoffrey munn managing.

The dutch sapphire tiara on queen beatrix and queen maxima purchased in 1881 by king willem iii of the netherlands for his wife queen emma the dutch sapphire tiara is utterly extravagant. The tiara is queen mary s girls of great britain and ireland. Alexandras kokoshnik tiara replica. But the present owners of the queen victoria s emerald and diamond tiara are not known.