Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom's Lotus Flower Tiara

Creation: This tiara was created by Garrard in 1923 using a necklace, also from Garrard, that Queen Elizabeth received from her husband, King George VI, earlier that same year on the occasion of their wedding.

original necklace

Queen Elizabeth

Materials: diamonds and pearls

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Provenance:

1. Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
2. Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, Countess of Snowdon; from her mother in 1959
3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; inherited from her sister in 2002

Duchess of Cambridge

Duchess of Cambridge

Other Wearers:

• Lady Mary Elphinstone née Bowes-Lyon; at the coronation of King George VI in 1937
• Reginald Wilcock
• Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon, née Stanhope; on the occasion of her 1993 wedding to David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon
• Duchess of Cambridge neé Catherine Middleton

Lady Mary Elphinstone

Countess of Snowdon

Reginald Wilcock

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Lotus Flower Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Lotus Flower Tiara 
• Tesouras & Tiaras - The Lotus Flower Tiara
• The Royal Post - The Queen Mum’s Lotus Flower Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Lotus Flower Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Papyrus Tiara

Photos: Tiaras - A History of Splendour