And, no, we don't mean a flower crown.
, which was estimated to have cost the British public £1.57 million, or $1.74 million at the time, and today's equivalent of around $50 million. With Britain in the midst of a cost of living crisis, Charles's coronation intends to reflect "the spirit of our times."Queen Elizabeth with her maids of honor after her coronation.Royal and aristocratic women were known to wear tiaras at previous British coronations.
During Queen Elizabeth's 1953 coronation, her maids of honor and hundreds of fellow high-ranking women wore sparkling tiaras for the historic occasion, relishing in the opportunity to wear fine jewelry after the end of World War II. "Tiaras were worn by nearly every royal lady at the Queen's coronation in 1953, as well lots of aristocratic women but times have certainly changed in 70 years," Kiehna told. "No one had worn their jewellery or tiaras during the war. People were queuing to have their tiaras, which were like great fenders of diamonds, stomachers and necklaces cleaned.
Since marrying Prince William in 2011, Kate has only been seen wearing three different tiaras on a handful of occasions., a delicate band set with hundreds of diamonds that originally belonged to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and was later gifted to Elizabeth II on her 18th birthday.Her most-worn sparkler is the Lover's Knot Tiara .
dates back to the 1920s, having originally been part of the Queen Mother's collection. Kate last wore this tiara in December 2022 during a reception at Buckingham Palace.
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