King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden hosted the annual King’s Dinner for Nobel laureates at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Following a sparkling turn out of tiaras for the Nobel Prize ceremony the night before, the women of the Swedish Royal Family chose four different tiaras – including two debuts!
Dazzling diamonds
Queen Silvia wore Queen Sofia’s Tiara, also known as the Nine-Prong Tiara. The diamond tiara was created in the 1860s using a diamond hair comb as the starting point.
This tiara can apparently be difficult to wear given its inflexible base but Silvia has made it one of her signature pieces.
A sentimental pick
Crown Princess Victoria chose one of her personal tiaras, the Boucheron Laurel Wreath Tiara. Boucheron created this tiara in 1905 for Princess Margaret of Connaught when she married the Swedish Crown Prince.
Victoria inherited this gold and silver tiara set with diamonds from her great aunt, Princess Lilian. She has worn it several times, including to Princess Madeleine’s wedding.
Stunning in steel
Princess Madeleine wore one of the family’s most interesting tiaras for the first time: the Napoleonic Cut Steel Tiara. Despite this tiara’s glittering appearance, it does not have a single jewel set in it. Instead, it is made of very finely cut and highly polished steel.
This tiara was also a surprise find. In the 1970s, an art historian was looking in palace storage for silver pieces and discovered this tiara.
A princess chooses the ultimate fairytale tiara
Princess Sofia also had a tiara debut, with her first outing in the Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara. The tiara has lattice-style panels of diamonds between large aquamarine stones.
It’s a favourite of the Swedish royal family and while it is believed to belong to one of the sisters of King Carl Gustaf, in recent years it’s more associated with Princess Madeleine who has worn it several times.
