THE STRATHMORE ROSE TIARA

THE STRATHMORE ROSE TIARA

When Elizabeth Bowes Lyon married Albert – the future George VI in 1923, she was given the Strathmore tiara, as a wedding gift from her father, the Earl of Strathmore.

The tiara features a rose design and is adorned with rose-cut diamonds.
The flowers can also be removed and worn as brooches.

The new Duchess of York wore the tiara for several official portraits taken during the early years of her marriage, pairing it with trendy 1920s fashions and jewellery.

The piece has two separate frames, one for bandeau-wearing and a traditional “top of the head” frame.

As the Queen Mother, she had been pictured wearing it both ways, but she had a clear preference for the bandeau setting.

Queen Elizabeth II inherited the tiara from her mother in 2002, but she never wore it publicly during her lifetime.

One of the more unusual floral tiaras, it was a piece that remained in the Windsor vaults, and not been seen in public for many years.

Until…..

In 2023, the tiara was taken out of the royal vaults when the Princess of Wales selected it for the South Korean state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

Catherine wore it a hundred years after the Queen Mother first received it as a sentimental wedding present from her beloved father.