Princess Kate shows off a tiara that has remained in the safe for almost a century (and Camilla certainly doesn’t stand by and watch)

There Princess Kate she sports a tiara that no royal has worn for nearly ninety years. Not even there Queen Elizabeth had ever laid on his head the Strathmore Rose tiara, a piece that belonged to Queen Motherof great sentimental value for her, dating back to the end of the 19th century.

There Queen Camilla but she didn’t stand by and watch. His husband Charles III continues to open the family treasure chest by offering his wife the most astonishing jewels from the collection of the monarch who passed away in September last year. In fact, Camilla amazes everyone with her Burmese Ruby tiaraa breathtaking piece characterized by diamonds and rubies, the colors of Tudor pink.

The occasion is the banquet organized at Buckingham Palace in honor of the president of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol on state visit to United Kingdom with his wife Kim Keon Hee.
Princess Kate had already surprised with a red cape during the day scarlet who had surprisingly revealed her legs as she got out of the official car.

After that exploit it was thought it was impossible to do more. And instead here is a tiara with legendary contours never worn before pulled out of the hat. At this point after the Lotus Flowerthe Cambridge Lover’s Knot and the Cartier Halothis becomes the fourth tiara available to Kate.

There Strathmore Rose tiara it was the wedding gift of Claude Bowes-Lyon to his daughter Elizabeth who married the then Duke of York, the second son of the king George V, and therefore not destined for the throne. Being the aristocrat the 14th Earl of Strathmorethe jewel takes its name.

Elizabeth II’s parents married in April 1923, therefore one hundred years ago. The Duchess of York chose not to wear a tiara for the wedding but for a long time this was the tiara dearest to her.

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According to what some experts report jewelry store royal, the sovereign consort abandoned the diadem almost a century ago: the last traces indicate the Royal Variety Performance of 1935. When she became queen following the abdication of Edward VIII, preferred other tiaras, leaving this one as a memory of youth and, if we want, of carefreeness. The Strathmore Rose tiara, however, had not disappeared from the radar: she was one of the protagonists of an exhibition hosted by V&A Museum in 2002.

The piece was very versatile: it could be worn as a traditional tiara or lowered onto the forehead while the roses could be removed and used as brooches. The setting is in gold and silver and the diamonds can also be replaced by sapphires.

For the banquet, Kate opts for the more traditional version, thus enhancing the precious wild roses which dialogue with the floral embroidery of the winged sleeves of the white dress, very similar to the unlined one a year ago, for the first state banquet from Princess of Wales. Her hand is in fact the same: it is a new dress created for her by Jenny Packham.

Camilla however, in terms of amazement, was certainly no exception. More than a year after his mother’s death, Carlo evidently feels freer to get his hands on the family collection.
If the mourning in the strict sense lasted only a few weeks, the more material mourning instead continued over time, as if there was some modesty in giving a new life to jewels so linked to the long-lived women of the house Windsor.

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The nizam of Hyderabadone of the richest men of the time, gave the young Elizabeth a sumptuous tiara of rubies and diamonds for her wedding to Prince Philip celebrated exactly 76 years ago at Westminster Abbey (the exact date is November 20, 1947). The peculiarity was given by the number of rubies intended as a sort of amulet: 96 like diseases that were believed to affect the human body.

The original tiara purchased from Cartier at one point it was dismantled by Elizabeth and handed over to the court jewelers to make a brand new one. The elements that distinguish it are the red and white roses that symbolize the house of Tudor. Rubies also in the necklace and earrings.

Red could only be the protagonist even on the gala evening given its importance in the field of diplomatic dressing. If Camilla favored blue for her daytime commitments, for the evening she gave space to red: both colors make up the flag of South Korea.

Present at the banquet was Princess Anna, Sophie of Edinburgh and Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester. There princess royaldressed in white, drew on her personal collection by choosing a diamond tiara with a festoon motif.

There Duchess of Edinburgh matched the aquamarine tiaraone of the cornerstones of his treasure chest, with the white dress Suzannah London made for the coronation of King Charles. There Duchess of Gloucester instead she shows off a diamond and emerald tiara inherited from her late mother-in-law: the gift for Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott for her marriage to the Duke of Gloucester celebrated in 1935.