Queen Camilla has worn a series of glittering tiaras since King Charles ascended the throne including the Burmese ruby tiara and the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland. Before she became queen, she was reguarly seen in the Greville Tiara and the Delhi Durbar Tiara. However, there was one tiara she had access to from her day of her marriage that rarely makes an appearance and it’s called the Teck Crescent Tiara.
The tiara has quite a long life-span. It originally belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, one of King George III and Queen Charlotte’s children. Upon Mary’s death, it passed to Princess Mary Adelaide, her niece, who would go on to become the Duchess of Teck.
The Duchess of Teck frequently wore the crescent and rose designed tiara throughout her life, including when her daughter, Princess May of Teck, married the Duke of York in 1893.
The tiara was originally left to Princess Mary’s son, Prince Adolphus, upon her death and his wife wore the tiara to King George V and Queen Mary’s coronation in 1911. It is not clear how Queen Mary came to possess the tiara, but she had given it to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) by 1939.
Embed from Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth wore the tiara for several notable events; she wore it at a gala dinner in 1939 when she and King George were on tour in Canada.
Queen Elizabeth II inherited the tiara in 2002 upon her mother’s death and made the tiara available to the then-Duchess of Cornwall when she married into the Royal Family. Queen Camilla has not publicly worn this piece yet, though.
