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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gtkisaru" data-source="post: 9978248" data-attributes="member: 68721">A tiara (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank">Latin</a>: tiara, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" target="_blank">Ancient Greek</a>: τιάρα, itself from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Persian_language" target="_blank">Old Persian</a>: tiyārā) is a form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_%28headgear%29" target="_blank">crown</a>. There are two possible types of crown that this word can refer to. Traditionally, the word "tiara" refers to a high crown, often with  the shape of a cylinder narrowed at its top, made of fabric or leather,  and richly ornamented. It was used by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch" target="_blank">kings</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor" target="_blank">emperors</a> of some ancient peoples in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" target="_blank">Mesopotamia</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria" target="_blank">Assyrians</a>  used to include a pair of bull horns as a decoration and symbol of  authority and a circle of short feathers surrounding the tiara's top.  The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" target="_blank">Persian</a> tiara was more similar to a truncated cone, without the horns and feathers but more jewels, and a conic-shaped tip at its top.[CODE]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiara[/CODE]The Tale of a "Tiara"<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5633231697_70214c9188_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />.  . . an utter and hopeless romantic, there is, naturally, much  breathless anticipation for the royal wedding  -- after all -- what  could possibly be more romantic than sweeping trains, yards and yards of  silk taffeta, balcony kisses, true love and tiaras?<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5655640377_c4a97042b4_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />. . . to mark this historical occasion, kate middleton will  be presented with her very own tiara, from the royal collection,  as was the case with diana, or purchased from garrard, the royal jewellers, as was the case for the duchess of york . . . and so, a fascinating glimpse . . .<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5656590384_4858fb07a2_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the beautiful swirls & scrolls of the spencer tiara<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5659387102_911247c609_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the spencer tiaraalthough she received the cambridge lovers knot tiara {see below} for her wedding, princess diana famously wore the spencer tiara as her something borrowed  on her wedding day in 1981;  made of gold in a repeating scroll design  the family tiara is entirely set with diamonds; thought to be a  family  heirloom from the eighteenth century, the tiara is actually a composite   of several elements: the central element was a gift from lady sarah  spencer to cynthia, viscountess althorpe as a wedding present in 1919it  was later remounted and four other elements were made to match it in   1937; only the two elements at the end are old and said to have come   from a tiara owned by francis, viscountess montagu and left to lady  sarah spencer in 1875<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5658114799_91c3635369_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />after  it was worn by lady diana spencer when she married the prince of wales  in 1981, the spencer tiara was subsequently worn by victoria lockwood  when she  married the 9th earl in 1989 (the earl spencer); the tiara currently remains with the spencer family<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5633797706_2aae35456a_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />princess  diana attends a state reception in australia,  wearing a suite of  sapphire and diamond jewels presented by the crown prince of saudi  arabia, and the spencer family tiara; (photography by tim graham)...................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5633285733_9bc2dd1ceb_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the cambridge lovers knot tiaramade in 1911 for queen mary {the queen consort & wife of george v}, from the diamonds and pearls she held in her collection, the cambridge lovers knot tiara was a copy of one  owned by her grandmother, princess augusta of hesse; queen mary left it  to her granddaughter, queen elizabeth II,  in her will in 1953; the queen  wore it a few times in the fifties,  then gave the tiara to princess diana as a wedding present in 1981;  although the princess  did not wear it to her wedding, she debuted it  during the opening of parliament that november<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5636691412_7696494b4b_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />above: diana, princess of wales, wearing the cambridge lovers knot in new zealand, april 1983<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5654723575_c9d51e2eb8_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5634920398_701240bc27_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />above: the diamond & pearl tiara perfectly paired with a pearl-encrusted white dress and matching jacket by catherine walker<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5656506768_1c01ca4a13_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5654723525_87de92edda_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />above: camilla, duchess of cornwall {formerly camilla parker bowles}, the queen, and diana, wearing the cambridge lovers knot tiara ...................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5658171619_388c86bb94_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />helen  molesworth, a christie's specialist, holds the antique poltimore tiara  from the princess margaret collection before auction in hong kong,  friday may 26, 2006; (photography by kin cheung/ap)         <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5659287290_1afcb9d174_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the royal wedding of princess margaret and anthony armstrong-jones, lord snowdon, may 6, 1960<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5633741942_95fc77af23_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the poltimore tiara"Acquired  on the advice of Patrick Plunkett, Deputy Master of the Household,  before the official announcement of her engagement to Mr Antony  Armstrong-Jones, the tiara had originally been created by Garrard in the  1870s for Florence, Lady Poltimore, the wife of the second Baron  Poltimore.The Princess  wore the tiara in its form as a stunning diamond fringe necklace and  scroll brooches on several occasions prior to her marriage; yet it was  arriving at Westminster Abbey by horse-drawn carriage on 6th May 1960,  with the Poltimore Tiara holding her veil in place as a circlet of  diamonds around her hair, that Princess Margaret fulfilled an image that  was the epitome of the fairytale princess."~ helen molesworth, christie's <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5658713093_c498dbdd30_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />. . . the princess, who died in february of 2002, wore it for her wedding to anthony armstrong-jones, lord snowdon; the children of the late princess, viscount linley and lady sarah chatto, sold the tiara and other items at an auction at christie's {to offset the pinch of inheritance taxes} in 2006 for $1,704,576, much more than its estimate of $276,000 - $368,000<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5633741982_b2e6e3b620_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />like many of the tiaras in the royal family, the poltimore tiara was seen in several alternative forms such as a diamond  fringe necklace and as brooches;  the tiara can be converted into a necklace and eleven brooches, and was   offered with a screwdriver and the brooch fittings required to make  the  switch...................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5658114847_6627ee4233_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the nizam of hyderabad tiaraa flourish of delicate english roses, the nizam of hyderabad tiara was crafted by cartier and formed part of a parure that was given to queen elizabeth II on the occasion of her wedding in 1947 by the nizam of hyderabad; according to leslie feld's the jewels of queen elizabeth II, this tiara was dismantled and the diamonds used for the creation of the queen's burmese ruby tiara  in 1973; however, the three large roses that can be used as brooches  have been seen in recent years, creating much speculation and mystery  surrounding the piece . . ....................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5658816734_01d88df1d2_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the grand duchess vladimir tiaraladen  with round brilliant-cut diamonds, the grand duchess vladimir tiara was  inherited by the queen, from her grandmother, queen Mary, after her  death in 1953; the tiara gets its name from grand duchess maria pavlovna  of russia, wife of the grand duke vladimir alexandrovich, the third son  of czar alexander II, and the brother of czar alexander III of russiafollowing  the 1917 bolshevik revolution of russia, the grand duchess vladimir  escaped to venice with her family, leaving her renown jewelry  collection, including the tiara, behind, hidden in a vault in the  vladimir palace in st. petersburg; a member of britain's secret  intelligence service, and a friend of the family, helped to recover the  jewels; the duchess died soon after, in august 1920; the vladimir tiara  was purchased by queen mary in 1921, from princess nicolas of freece,  the daughter of duchess maria vladimir<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5658688044_dd32b90392_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />the  original setting of the tiara at the time of its purchase in 1921, by  queen mary, was with swinging pearl drops or pendants with small diamond  set mounts,  positioned inside each circle . . .<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5658713177_64f1c820cb_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />above: the queen, with prince phillip, wearing the vladimir tiara with emerald drops & inset: camilla, duchess of cornwallwears the tiara with the matching emerald suite, the cambridge and delhi durbar parure.  . . but queen mary, who was renowned for her collection of royal   jewels, and had an intimate knowledge of jewelry and their designing,  modified the vladimir tiara to make provision for the pearl drops to be  interchanged with emerald  drops, requesting the court  jewelers garrard  & co. to cut and polish fifteen of her remaining cambridge emeralds  as drop shaped emeralds; the tiara was especially striking when worn  with the  matching emerald suite, the cambridge and delhi durbar parure...................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5656212382_a54a860c2e_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />above: princess anne borrowed this elegant tiara from the queen for a tour of australia & new zealand in 1970the scroll diamond tiaraalso known as the queen mother's scroll tiara, it was one of a handful of  tiaras that the queen mother wore after she was married but before she  ascended the throne in 1937; she then passed the scroll diamond tiara to the queen, who has never worn it publicly, but over the years, has lent to both princess margaret and princess anne...................................................................................................... <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5633285709_2c36a15e8d_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />girls of great britain and ireland tiaraa wedding present for princess may of teck (the future queen mary) from  the ‘girls of great britain and ireland’, the diamond tiara was purchased from garrard  with money raised by a  committee chaired by lady eve greville; in  1947, mary gave the diamond and silver tiara to her granddaughter, the  future queen elizabeth II, as a wedding present<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5658611864_af81464367_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />a portrait of the queen wearing the girls  of great britain and ireland tiara, designed by arnold machin, has  appeared on many commonwealth currencies, including those of britain,  australia, jamaica, canada and ceylon ...<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5658712949_090897889a_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> {p.s.} it has been thought that kate may wear the the queen mother's george III tiara, (also known as the russian fringe tiara), a circlet incorporating brilliant diamonds that were formerly owned by george III; originally commissioned in 1830, the tiara has since been worn by many queens consort; when queen elizabeth {the queen mother}, consort of george VI, first wore the tiara, sir henry "chips" channon called it 'an ugly spiked tiara'; queen elizabeth later loaned it to her daughter, princess elizabeth {the future elizabeth II}, as "something borrowed" for her wedding in 1947 to to prince philip in  westminster abbey; the queen mother later also loaned it to her granddaughter,princess anne for her marriage to captain mark phillips in 1973. 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