Tilia C.
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There were quite a few royal ladies who wore tiaras before their wedding, or who wore tiaras although they never married. Eg. Princess Tyra of Denmark, b. 1880, wore tiaras without ever being married. And in the 20th century it became quite common that unmarried royal ladies wore tiaras from age 18.Some unmarried women did wear tiaras in Victorian and Edwardian times. The first that comes to mind is Edward VII's daughter Victoria.
To me it seems that the rule that only married women should wear tiaras is more followed by noble families, while royal families didn't follow it so much and were the first to abandon this old rule.