Perfect timing for this thread JasonD! In relation with an exhibition of their Wedding Outfits at Windsor Castle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released some accompanying audio recording, which details how she borrowed Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara from the Queen:
The bride’s veil was held in place by a diamond and platinum bandeau, lent by the Queen. On public display for the first time, the bandeau is formed as a flexible band of 11 sections, pavé set with large and small brilliant diamonds in a geometric design. At the centre is a detachable brooch of ten brilliant diamonds. The bandeau and brooch were bequeathed to Her Majesty by her grandmother Queen Mary in 1953.
‘When it came to the tiara on the day I was very fortunate to be able to choose this very gorgeous Art Deco-style bandeau tiara,’ the Duchess of Sussex recalls. ‘Harry and I had gone to Buckingham Palace to meet with Her Majesty The Queen to select one of the options that were there, which was an incredibly surreal day, as you can imagine.
'That was the one that I think as we tried them on stood out; I think it was just perfect because it was so clean and simple, and I think also at that point an extension to what Clare and I had been trying to do with the dress, which was have something that could be so incredibly timeless but still feel modern.’
‘Every girl’s dream,’ the Duke interjects. ‘To be able to try on a tiara and funnily enough the one that suited the best, the one that looked the best on you without question. I shouldn’t have really been there; it was such an incredible loan by my grandmother. Very sweet.’
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