Great British Royal Tiaras

While this over-the-top tiara is listed in as a Royal British Tiaras by us today, it wasn't truly worn by royalty. Aristocrats and nobility? Yes. Royalty? Nah. But when you have a tiara as stunning as The Portland Sapphire Tiara to talk about, who wants to get caught up in the little details?

I'm back with the final chapter in my visit to London and Kensington Palace, where I got to see the three tiaras on display there, as part of the Victoria Revealed Exhibit. And I have to say, this is my favorite chapter. And favorite tiara of the three. In fact, one of my top three tiaras... ever. Yes. Ever. The Fife Tiara.

There are tiaras that are instantly recognizable (we've featured several that fit into that category). And then there are tiaras who's style was so fashionable "everyone" had to have one. But then, that made it hard to distinguish from one another. Such an unfortunate problem to have, right? And today's #TiaraTuesday feather, The Fife Fringe Tiara is one of the latter.

We can always count on Queen Mary when it comes to fabulous tiaras. That woman had a penchant for turning something lovely into one heck of a statement piece. And I'm fairly certain she never ran into a jewel she didn't like. At least for a while. In today's episode of #TiaraTuesday, we'll discuss one of her Grande Dame tiaras: The Delhi Durbar Tiara.

I bet you think that the current Queen, Elizabeth the II is the longest living British royal. And you'd think wrong. She's the longest reigning royal. But the longest living royal, a princess who was a first cousin twice removed and the great aunt to Elizabeth, holds the honor. Her name was Alice and she lived to be almost 98 years old. And this is the story of her favorite tiara.

Ooooooo. We love it when we run into some royal tiara drama. The intrigue. The mystery. The did she or didn't she! As with any royal family, the British Royals aren't without a little drama when it comes to some of the royal jewels in the vaults. And the Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara certainly provided a little drama.