Princess Isabella of Denmark gets her first tiara – and it’s a gift packed with family emotion from her grandma

Princess Isabella of Denmark has been given one of the most important tiaras in the personal collection of her grandmother, Queen Margrethe. And it’s packed with sentimental meaning for the Danish royal family.

As Isabella turns 18, her proud granny has presented her with a turquoise and diamond tiara that now links the princess to three other generations of her royal dynasty.

This tiara, made in the late 19th century, first became a royal piece when it was acquired by Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden. She had been born Princess Margaret of Connaught, one of the many granddaughters of Queen Victoria, and her marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, 1905, turned her into a queen in waiting. However, she died in 1920, leaving her family devastated.

Her only daughter, Princess Ingrid, was given her mother’s turquoise tiara as a confirmation gift. In 1935, Ingrid married the future king of Denmark, Frederik, and brought the turquoise tiara with her in her jewellery box. In 1940, Ingrid and Frederik had their first child and named their daughter Margrethe after the grandmother she would never know. Margrethe became known to her family as Daisy just as Crown Princess Margareta had been. And, in time, the pretty turquoise tiara would become a favourite of this new royal called Daisy.

It was a very appropriate choice. The tiara features daisy flowers fashioned from jewels. In recent years, Margrethe has worn it several times. Although the monarch who reigned in Denmark for over half a century never shied away from the grand tiaras that are reserved for queens only, she also dabbled with this diadem.

Now, she has given it to Princess Isabella as her first tiara. The young princess was seen wearing it for the first time on the morning of her 18th birthday when her first official gala portraits were shared. In them, Isabella also shows she’s inherited Queen Margrethe’s artistic eye for the creamy blue tiara is matched with a bright gold ball gown in a stunning mix of shades. She also wears the Order of the Elephant for the very first time and a portrait of her father, King Frederik X, held in a diamond studded frame that belonged to her mother, Queen Mary.

As the Danish royal family confirmed the tiara gift, there was another sweet link to Isabella’s family. The royals made sure to note that the diadem is a bandeau, a style created in France, the birth place of Isabella’s paternal grandfather, Prince Henrik, who died in 2018.

Princess Isabella is descended from one of the oldest royal families in the world. Her first gala portraits were taken in the Great Hall of Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg. But on this special day, there’s a special focus on family links for a princess who has now come of age.