Susan reporting,
With the next British royal wedding fast approaching, the speculation grows daily as to what exactly American Meghan Markle will wear to walk down the aisle with Prince Henry of Wales. Yes, the wedding dress is the greatest mystery - but right after that comes the question of the bride's headdress. Will Meghan go for something simple like a wreathe of flowers, or will she go the full princess-to-be route with a glittering tiara?
The breathtaking tiara featured here already comes with a royal heritage. Created in the 1880s by jeweler Oscar Massin, the Fife Tiara contains approximately 200 carats of diamonds set in gold and silver. It was a wedding gift to Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Louise of Wales, below, daughter of Edward VII, from her new husband, the Duke of Fife; that dukedom was a wedding gift to the groom.
Today the tiara is valued at 1.4 million pounds. Accepted by the government in lieu of taxes, it was permanently allocated to Historic Royal Palaces for display at Kensington Palace. It can be seen there now as part of the Victoria Revealed exhibition.
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1 comments:
The tiara is lovely. And impressive. I wish that Louise would have smiled in at least one photo. Her husband comes near smiling in a few of the pictures I found, but Louise and her daughters no smiles that I could find. Sad.
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