Princess Beatrice: Wedding Tiara and Jewelry Suggestions and Musings

[Countessmeout]

Not sure she would. The queen has maintained a friendly relationship with her but I don't think that Charles has.. and she's only the divorced wife of one of C's brothers.

Even if Charles and Andrew don’t get along Beatrice is still his niece. And traditionally living members of the royal family attend. There is no reason to think her fathers bad actions will have her and her sister banished from family place.

 

[QueenMathilde]

Supposedly Meghan wanted to wear the tiara Beatrice wore but it was deemed "too controversial"? I didn't understand that story.

 

[AC21091968]

Supposedly Meghan wanted to wear the tiara Beatrice wore but it was deemed "too controversial"? I didn't understand that story.

No, the "supposed story" was about Meghan wanting to wear an emerald tiara with Russian link, so it was not Princess Beatrice, though the Queen Mary Fringe does somehow look like a Kokoshnik. There were two emerald tiara with Russian link that I could think of are Greville Emerald Kokoshnik tiara (which Princess Eugenie wore) and Vladimir Tiara with Emerald drops (can swap with pearl drops or none at all). There is also Queen Victoria's Emerald and Diamond tiara which was displayed in Kensington Palace and do not belong in the Queen's vault.

The #tiaragate is still up in the air with multiple stories and I don't know what to believe. Some said that Meghan wanted the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik tiara, other said she wanted the Vladimir Tiara with Emerald drops. Omid Scobie and Meghan in a documentary said that she loved the Queen Mary Bandeau Tiara, but then in Finding Freedom there was a conflict in accessing the tiara.

Back to Princess Beatrice's wedding tiara, Queen Mary Fringe, I think there are high possibilities that it would be worn by the most senior "blood born" princess of her generation (i.e. Princess Elizabeth, Princess Anne and now Princess Beatrice), as some posters have pointed out. By this pattern, Princess Charlotte might wear it on her wedding day, but then it should be up to her to decide.

 

[Heavs]

It's possible that the Queen has a personal rule about who gets to wear that tiara and it's "senior HRH's in each generation" but it's also possible that if Zara for example had really wanted to wear it because her mother and grandmother wore it on their wedding day, that she would have been allowed. Although since Anne has a personal collection of tiaras and specifically one with a huge amount of royal and family history it was a no brainer for Zara to wear the Meander and it suited her aesthetic perfectly. Just as it was appropriate for Autumn to wear Anne's other very beautiful Festoon.

I think there may have been a decision that her granddaughters would get a larger selection or whatever they wanted (within reason) whilst her granddaughters in law were given a choice of a few appropriate ones. Unless Beatrice comes out and says "Granny suggested this one as a special treat because of lockdown" or "I always wanted to use this one from when I was small" we won't know.

Whilst we don't know the full story of Tiaragate it seems as though the Queen Mary Fringe was never in question for either party. I think all the recent brides ended up with ones that looked beautiful on them.

 

[Hallo girl]

According to Omids book, there had been talk around wearing a tiara with emeralds during the early planning stage of the wedding, but Meghan changed her mind. The problem arose ,according to Omid, that after selecting the one she wanted ,the Queens assistant, Angela Kelly was very slow in providing access to the tiara for fittings with the hairdresser, despite repeated requests. Harry had to finally go to the Queen, when the access was then arranged.

 

[sophie25]

I've never understood why having a tiara that came from the Romanovs mattered anyway. The royals have lots of jewels that originate from them and the Queen wears these all the time particuarly the Vladimir tiara. I think that story was just invented by the media.

 

[W.Y.CII]

Even if Charles and Andrew don’t get along Beatrice is still his niece. And traditionally living members of the royal family attend. There is no reason to think her fathers bad actions will have her and her sister banished from family place.

Is Denville 's talking about Sarah? Not the York's sisters.

Looking back QM's fringe was pretty "out of range" when discussing the possible wedding tiara for Beatrice. Even me who desperately wish to see Beatrice get the Fringe for her wedding, still thought it's quite impossible, as the Queen had worn it "recently" and I assumed it's one of the "Queen's pieces" which she won't share/borrow to others.

 

[Heavs]

I've never understood why having a tiara that came from the Romanovs mattered anyway. The royals have lots of jewels that originate from them and the Queen wears these all the time particuarly the Vladimir tiara. I think that story was just invented by the media.

None of the recent wedding tiaras came from the Romanovs.

Queen Mary's Fringe was made by Cartier for Queen Mary

Greville Emerald Kokoshnik was made by Boucheron in the 1920s in the Russian style.

Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau came partly from a wedding gift from Lincoln and she later had the bandeau created to fit it.

Cartier Halo Scroll was made in the 1930s for QEQM just before she became queen.

Whilst the details of tiara gate are varied depending on who you ask, something happened, but I doubt it had anything to do with wearing or not wearing Romanov jewellery.

Looking back QM's fringe was pretty "out of range" when discussing the possible wedding tiara for Beatrice. Even me who desperately wish to see Beatrice get the Fringe for her wedding, still thought it's quite impossible, as the Queen had worn it "recently" and I assumed it's one of the "Queen's pieces" which she won't share/borrow to others.

We just don't know HMs personal rules for loaning out her tiaras. At one point a lot of people swore up and down that it would be the York tiara or nothing for Bea and Eugenie. And we don't know if that was always the plan or it changed after *everything*.

A wedding is the one occasion where they get to "bling out" as a princess for lack of a better phrase, coronations notwithstanding. So I can see why a doting grandmother might give them their pick.

I can also see her being very sentimental about her granddaughter getting married in her own wedding tiara if that's what she wants.

 

[W.Y.CII]

We just don't know HMs personal rules for loaning out her tiaras. At one point a lot of people swore up and down that it would be the York tiara or nothing for Bea and Eugenie. And we don't know if that was always the plan or it changed after *everything*.

A wedding is the one occasion where they get to "bling out" as a princess for lack of a better phrase, coronations notwithstanding. So I can see why a doting grandmother might give them their pick.

I can also see her being very sentimental about her granddaughter getting married in her own wedding tiara if that's what she wants.

Exactly.

We know nothing and assume many things. The reality maybe is that the Queen actually has no rules, she does whatever she want .

 

[Winnie]

Exactly.

We know nothing and assume many things. The reality maybe is that the Queen actually has no rules, she does whatever she want .

Now that makes the most sense of all and probably 100% true. The Queen will do exactly what she wants when she wants, within reason. I always thought that the Tiara pathetic story was fake trash created by a beastly reporter that thought it was marvelous to "stir the pot". Seems to be the norm these days all around the world. Shame.