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Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Fringe Tiara: The Stunning Piece Worn by Princess Beatrice on Her Wedding Day
Brides of the British royal family have a tradition of using their family's jewels on their wedding day.
Princess Diana wore the Spencer-Tiara on her wedding day, while Duchess Camilla wore one that came from her mother on her first wedding day.
As the backgrounds of royal spouses have begun to diversify, there have been a few updates.
When Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew, Her Majesty commissioned the York Tiara for her.
However, in recent years, borrowing a tiara from the Queen has become the more common choice.
Recent brides borrowed tiaras from the monarch include Kate Middleton, who borrowed the Cartier Hallow for her and Prince William's big day, Meghan Markle, who borrowed the Queen Mary Diamond Bando Tiara for her and Prince Harry's wedding, and Princess Eugenie, who borrowed the Greville Emerald Cockishnick for her and Mr. Jack Brooksbank's wedding.
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For Princess Beatrice and Mr. Mapley Mosse's wedding, many people at first speculated that the princess might opt for the tiara that her mother wore.
But in the end, the truth was not like that Beatrice had the huge honor of wearing the same tiara that the Queen wore on her and Prince Philip's wedding day when she married Mr. Mapley Mosse.
Apart from the monarchy's daughter Princess Anne, Beatrice is the only royal who has worn it.
However, the monarch has very stressed memories of this stunning diamond headpiece.
The stunning Queen Mary Fringe was originally commissioned by Queen Mary using diamonds gifted to her by Queen Victoria.
Queen Mary gave the historical piece to the Queen Mother in 1936, and it became the then-Princess Elizabeth's something borrowed when she married Philip Mountbatten in 1947.
But unfortunately, things didn't go smoothly on the morning of their big day and there was a disaster with the tiara.
Just two hours before the wedding was due to start, the tiara snapped in half as the hairdresser was fixing Elizabeth's veil.
The Queen Mother managed to remain calm and reportedly reminded her upset daughter, there are still two hours and there are other tiaras.
And luckily, this wasn't any ordinary wedding, and the royal family's jeweler was on standby just in case anything went wrong.
He came to the rescue, rushing the broken piece to their workshop to see if he could repair it in time with a police escort.
And he managed it!
The team frantically welded the piece back together and got back to the bride just in time for her to have it placed on her head.
After the wedding, the tiara was returned to the Queen Mother, who kept it for the rest of her life, although it was rarely seen in public.
She did, however, lend it for another royal wedding, that of Princess Anne, her granddaughter, and Mark Philip, in 1973.
For Beatrice's wedding, some people claim that you can see the tiara look slightly wonky in some of the pictures from the day, but we think it looked perfect.
Beatrice teamed the tiara with another loan from the Queen, a stunning ivory dress.
The vintage peau de soi taffeta gown, which is trimmed with Duchess satin and encrusted with diamante, was originally made by Norman Hartnell and adapted for Beatrice by the Queen's right-hand woman Angela Kelly and designer Stuart Parvin.
After the couple's wedding photos were released by the Palace later, many royal watchers and jewelry experts could not help but praise the bride's dress and tiara.
Artist and author-historian Vincent Malin wrote the history of the headpiece in a post on Sunday and prefaced it with this.
Princess Beatrice of York's secret wedding at Windsor yesterday turned out to be more royal than them all.
And Fred Leighton's creative director and expert Rebecca Selva commented, Could there have been a more perfectly beautiful and royal family wedding?