Yahoo Finance Queen Camilla Wears One of Queen Elizabeth’s Favorite Tiaras
One of the tiaras most associated with the late Queen Elizabeth II was the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara which she wore time and time again, and is even depicted wearing on certain coins and notes. And this evening, Queen Camilla stepped out in it for the first time as she and King Charles III attended a dinner in London.
The King and Queen dressed up for the dinner at Mansion House, the home of the Lord Mayor of London, in honor of their coronation. Camilla, 76, paired the priceless tiara with a sparkling evening gown by Bruce Oldfield along with diamond earrings and a necklace also once belonging to Queen Elizabeth.
“This tiara was a wedding present from the ‘Girls of Great Britain and Ireland’ to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, in 1893,” the Royal Collection explains. “In November 1947 Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth.”
Camilla’s decision to wear the tiara emphasizes that as Queen she has access to an extensive array of jewelry once owned by the late sovereign. When she was the Duchess of Cornwall, she most often wore a tiara known as the Grevilla tiara or Boucheron Honeycomb tiara. However, as Queen she has worn different tiaras including a sapphire one which she wore to a Buckingham Palace State Banquet last November.
The necklace that Camilla wore this evening was a gift to then Princess Elizabeth for her 21st birthday from the Government of South Africa. According to the Royal Collection, it was shortened in 1952 and the removed stones were made into a bracelet.
The visit this evening was Charles’s first to the City of London since he became King, and he took part in an ancient ritual involving being presented with a pearl sword. The sword itself is one that is believed to have first been presented to Queen Elizabeth I in 1571 on the opening of the Royal Exchange. The King was presented with the sword which he then returned, confirming the Lord Mayor’s authority in the area. Made of silver gilt with a scabbard of red velvet and 2,600 pearls, the sword features the City of London arms as well as the figure of Justice, blindfolded and bearing a set of scales.
The royal couple also viewed the Anointing Screen from their coronation, which was gifted by the City of London Corporation and City Livery Companies. They processed into the Egyptian Hall for speeches and a dinner.
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