Great British Royal Tiaras

Mary, Mary never ordinary, where did your tiaras go? Ok, that's not exactly how the nursery rhyme went. But it could have. Queen Mary, known for dismantling her jewels and reworking them (which I guess I can't say I blame her - I do love a conversion piece), left a slew of tiara carcasses in her wake during her time on this earth. But which ones and how many? Today we'll explore Queen Mary's long lost tiaras.

We're getting down to the nitty gritty now and to some of the tiaras that haven't been seen in decades and decades. Today, I'm just going to break your heart right out of the gate. This tiara exists no more. Sadly, the Ladies of England Tiara was broken up over 100 years ago and some of its diamonds used to create the Cambridge Lover's Knot and the Honeysuckle Tiaras. But.... that won't stop me from drooling over the photos of it.

Choices. It's all about choices with this tiara. What's that you say? You don't like how the central element clashes with your red dress? Well, just swap it out, dear. Indeed, the Honeysuckle Tiara is one of the best kinds - it's convertible!

Oh to have a husband that loves to dabble in amazing jewelry creations and then gift them to me. Alas, I do not have such a husband. Queen Victoria did, however, and good ol' Albert created gorgeous pieces for her, including what we now call Queen Victoria's Emerald Tiara, to match some other amazing emerald jewels he'd made for her. Let's discuss, shall we?

Do you have any pieces of jewelry in your jewelry box that you haven't worn in over eighty years? We didn't think so. But if you're the British Royal family and we're talking about the Royal jewelry vaults... well, maybe things just get a bit lost in there. Apparently the Teck Crescent Tiara is holed up inside, just waiting for the light of day.

Another one bites the dust. It was a common refrain when discussing Queen Mary and her tiaras. Just when folks would fall in love with one of her lovely tiaras, she'd get a wild hair and have it dismantled to make a different piece of jewelry. And so goes the Boucheron Loop Tiara.