Royal Style: Never knowingly under-jewelled, let's be like Daisy and shine!

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New thread, thanks for the brilliant title suggestion, as ever!

@Serenster thank you for the explanation. Imagine having to wear two of them if Charles was to hand out another one.

https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2018/02/the-strathmore-rose-tiara.html
Strathmore tiara history.

Kate looks fabulous tonight. Not quite sure about the gloves but assume it is protocol plus probs avoids the urge to hand sanitise from much hand shaking!😂
Leti looks absolutely incredible. So love that dress on her.
Cams looks fabulous in that lovely red.
Not keen on Soph's look.

Ohhh! Thanks @KillingMeDeftly, that makes sense now. I need to pay more attention in future 😆

No, it’s gold

Poor Princess Margaret ended up with four! Her Grandfather, Father, and Sister were all Monarch and all gave her their family orders, plus she had one for one of her orders! I somehow imagine Margaret quite liked getting to wear them all, though…

Brigitte was in pale blue this evening.

And I have no idea who this is with William but what is she wearing?? It's like a cross between milkmaid and Madonna c1985!

I'd like to know too. Saw her on the news and was a bit at the dress.

These occasions are not really about fashion statements though, are they? It's about wearing something that adheres to protocol and can accommodate all the extras.

This is bizarre. So she wore the coatdress unbuttoned as a coat, with the cape over it? And the shift dress as an under layer? So odd. I just don't get the thinking behind this.

And I have no idea who this is with William but what is she wearing?? It's like a cross between milkmaid and Madonna c1985!

That is an abomination.

Thank you. Gosh it's so pretty. 💗

Isn't it Crown Princess Mette Marit? Norwegian.

It's not Mette-Marit, though I can see why you'd think it was!

I like it more on Camilla than I ever did on QEII. She's very good at carrying off these thumping great set-pieces, in the same way as Max is.

But yes, it's not beautiful. It reminds me of those pictures that are made up of little crystal beads. It needs a few really big stones.

I love the Strathmore on Catherine. That would be a lovely wedding tiara for a future royal bride.

And yes Queen Camilla looked absolutely stunning. I agree with others that the tiara is not particularly beautiful, but it definitely completes the whole look for Camilla.

Some countries do small versions of the outfit destroying post it notes. I wish we'd adopt that. Charlene wore one recently and I'm sure Max has too.

There must have been lots that Queen Elizabeth refused to lend out. I wonder why?

In the period between Diana dying and Kate marrying in, there was really only Sophie to borrow them, and since QEII had given her both of hers, she might have felt it was ungrateful to not wear them.

The QM had quite a big collection of her own which QEII inherited; Princess Margaret was in poor health and not much seen in public. Princess Anne has I think 3 and I would guess she'd be utterly uninterested in faffing about with an unfamiliar one. The Kents and Gloucesters have plenty of thir own.

But none of that explains Sophie's lack of good tiaras @SqueakyDinosaur.

I really only have one question: who is that woman with William?

I agree, Sophie needs at least one formal, quite old fashioned one. I still think one of the Fringe ones would suit her.

Poor Princess Margret, what a cascade of family orders, would it be against protocol to decide not to wear them as they will ruin the outfit ?🤔

Had Diana and Charles had a happy marriage, as a more grown up mature PoW and now a youngish Queen, Diana would have gone through the jewels vault like a dose of salts! She loved a bit of sparkle.

I’ve seen the photo of Samantha Cameron wearing a dress from her own label. A day dress 😱 She looks so incredibly casual. A really massive error. Also thought Rishi Sunak‘s wife Akshata looked underdressed, although her dress was at least an evening dress.