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I've been researching Nepalese tiaras recently and today is Queen Ratna's 92nd birthday so I thought we could look at her tiaras. So far I've found six different tiaras worn by her but I haven't been able to find any information about any of them except that the diamond palmette tiara is now on display at the Narayanhiti Palace Museum. As Saad from The Royal Watcher already posted about here that probably means that it is owned by the state.



I only have one picture of the first two tiaras being worn but the interesting thing here is that Queen Ratna is wearing the same necklace with and without emerald drops.


Then next is the diamond palmette tiara. This seems to be her most worn tiara and it also the most important as it's the one she wore at her husband's coronation.


State Visit to the UK in 1960 - The first picture is from a dinner at the Nepalese Embassy and the second picture is from Covent Garden.



Visit from the UK in 1961


For a portrait


This is another tiara that I just have the one picture of. The other jewelry she's wearing are pearls so it's possible the tiara also contains pearls.


The last two were worn during the State Visit to the Netherlands in 1967. The emerald tiara and matching jewels for the state banquet on April 25th and then a diamond tiara with pearl jewelry for a dinner at the Rijksmuseum on April 26th. I've taken to calling the second one the diamond wave tiara to differentiate it from her diamond palmette tiara.



After her husband passed away in 1972, Queen Ratna stopped wearing tiaras and other grand jewelry. Her diamond palmette tiara, emerald tiara, and diamond wave tiara were all worn by Queen Aishwarya and her emerald tiara was also worn by Queen Komal.