
In the 1960s, Princess Margaret was a fixture at royal film premieres, often wearing grand jewels and tiaras. Today’s jewel, the Persian Turquoise Tiara, accompanied her to a Shakespearean movie premiere.
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In the 1960s, Princess Margaret was a fixture at royal film premieres, often wearing grand jewels and tiaras. Today’s jewel, the Persian Turquoise Tiara, accompanied her to a Shakespearean movie premiere.

We discussed this royal tiara in its 1920s format last week, and today, we’re shining our Sparkling Spotlight on the Lotus Flower Tiara worn in a very different way by Princess Margaret.

The Queen Mother wasn’t the only member of the British royal family to celebrate an August birthday. Several princesses have been born in August, including this week’s Sparkling Spotlight figure: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Today, we’re looking at the sparkling Cartier tiara that Margaret wore for her sister’s coronation in 1953.

Our final Sparkling Spotlight post of the week focuses on an entirely new style of royal portraiture, featuring Cecil Beaton’s photographs of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother wearing Queen Victoria’s royal heirloom tiara and jewels.

When King George VI unexpectedly ascended to the throne in the wake of his brother’s abdication in 1936, the Duchess of York had to adjust to her new life as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. With her new title came new formal portraits—and grand new jewels fit for a queen.