From tiaras to everyday pearls, Queen Elizabeth's personal jewelry is on display at Buckingham Palace
Photo: Courtesy of Royal Collection Trust
The pictures of Queen Elizabeth wearing the tiaras with a variety of Norman Hartnell gowns, taken by London and New York–based photographer Dorothy Wilding, will also be on show. These powerful images could be one reason why we identify the Diamond Diadem as feminine. In fact, it was originally conceived and made for a man.
The flamboyant George IV commissioned the jewel for his coronation in 1821, using 1,333 brilliant-cut diamonds and 169 pearls, for which he paid the princely sum of $343. It was a groundbreaking piece at the time, with what’s believed to be political messaging interspersed with the gemstones.
You might also be surprised to know that the Cambridge emeralds, suspended in the Vladimir tiara passed down from Queen Victoria, were originally won in a German lottery. The exhibition also shows a piece of the Cullinan diamond—the largest diamond crystal yet to be found—dazzling on the Delhi Durbar necklace.
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