![]() ![]() Princess Anne, too, wore her mother's tiara, including on this visit to New Zealand in 1970 ![]() While the young Elizabeth was never seen with the tiara in public, her younger sister, Princess Margaret, was frequently pictured wearing it. She, in turn, made a gift of the platinum tiara to her daughter Princess Elizabeth, by on her 18th birthday in 1944. The then Duchess of York would become Queen and then Queen Mother, of course, before her death in 2002. Still then the Duke of York, George VI (Bertie to use his family name) had bought it for his wife on their anniversary. ![]() Made by Cartier in 1936, the Halo tiara had been bought by King George VI, King Charles's grandfather. These were believed to mirror the headpiece worn by Carole at her wedding in 1980. The four young bridesmaids, including William's cousin Lady Louise Windsor and Queen Camilla's granddaughter Eliza Lopes, wore white flower crowns Lily Of The Valley and ivy. Lent to to the bride by the late Queen Elizabeth, this turned out to be her 'something borrowed' on the day itself, April 29.Īlthough Kate chose not to wear a flower crown, she still paid tribute to her family with her Robinson Pelham earrings - a gift from her parents - which featured a diamond acorn, intended to represent the Middleton family's coat of arms. Prince William and Kate Middleton share a public kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace ![]()
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