Take a look at the most extravagant tiaras of all time.
The tradition of tiaras began during the Greek and Roman empires, when high-ranking men and women wore headpieces as symbols of their status. But it was Napoleon who made them truly: with the aim of presenting his court as the most magnificent in 19th-century Europe—and to associate himself with the ancient emperors of the past—he commissioned a number of fantastical headpieces for his wife, Josephine.
Today, a number of royal women wear the precious diamond diadems on grand state occasions or for their weddings. Queen Elizabeth, for example, appears on banknotes in the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara once owned by her great-grandmother Queen Mary, while Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding saw her don the
, rumored to cost a whopping 17 million dollars due to its 93.7-carat center emerald. Often, the pieces are products of the exquisite and grand work of great jewelry houses such as Garrard, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Boucheron.Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara The Great Britian and Ireland tiara was given to Queen Mary in 1893 for her wedding day. Fifty years later, the Queen gave the tiara to her granddaughter, Princess Elizabeth, as she married Prince Philip.The Lover’s Knot tiara was commissioned for Queen Mary in 1913 from Britain's House of Garrard. It consists of diamonds and a collection of 19 hanging pearls, all set in silver and gold. Later it was handed down to Queen Elizabeth.
In 1953, Brazil gifted diamond and aquamarine gems to Queen Elizabeth in honor of her coronation. A few decades later, the queen asked Garrard, the crown jewelers, to make them into the tiara seen here.The center of Queen Mary's Bandeau Tiara, made in 1932, is a detachable brooch of 10 brilliant diamonds. Famously, the Duchess of Sussex wore the diadem on her wedding day to Prince Harry.
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