The painful detail of Kate Middleton’s favorite tiara

Kate Middleton is again the protagonist of the British tabloids. To her chagrin, it is not because of any humanitarian act or service she has performed, as her wish is, but because of a detail of her appearance, the very thing she is trying to avoid. What is currently being debated is the use of one of the Princess of Wales’s most recurrent tiaras. Some reports from the British press make it clear that one of the “firm favorites” of the dazzling tiaras she wears as a member of the royal family isn’t as comfortable as it seems. We reveal all the details.

The Windsors’ Royal Jewel Chest is full of jewels of great symbolic value and unparalleled wealth. In a tiara key, one of Prince William’s wife’s favorites was also a favorite of his mother-in-law, Lady Di. Diana used it while married to the current King Carlos III. Decades later, it’s all the rage again for a reason no one had noticed until now. A royal expert has shared the inside story of this jewel and also shared an idea of ​​its history, reports The Express.

It uses the investigations of Anglo-Saxon journalists who using the tiara gives Kate Middleton a major headache. It is a very heavy hulk and the princess suffers the consequences. Fashion trainer and celebrity stylist Miranda Holder, known on TikTok by the username @themirandaholder, has revealed how much weight the tiara puts on the princess’s head every time she wears it.

This TikToker explains to all her followers that one of the “most famous royal tiaras of all time” is the Lover’s Knot Tiara. And he gives several details about this jewel that Kate Middleton falls in love with, but leaves her with a bittersweet taste due to the discomfort it causes: The tiara was commissioned in 1914 for Queen Mary. It consists of brilliant diamonds and 19 dangling pearls set in silver and gold. The tiara is estimated to be worth between 2 million and 3 million pounds sterling.” her daughter-in-law, Princess Diana, who really made it famous as a tiara.”

Its last owner before Kate was Diana of Wales, who had it as a wedding gift from her failed marriage to Charles III of England: “Through Diana, the lover’s knotted tiara became one of the jewels that was instantly recognizable,” says the tiktoker. A solemn story, but one that doesn’t avoid collateral damage for those who use it: “Apparently, because it was so heavy, it gave me terrible headaches when I used it.” Not only that, but “the tiara made a terrible noise when worn because of the pear-shaped pearls swinging. Nevertheless, it didn’t stop the Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall from falling in love with it,” says the royal style expert.

Miranda also explains how she passed the tiara to Kate: “After the divorce from Prince Charles, Diana had to return the tiara to the Queen and now it has become a favorite of Catherine, Princess of Wales.”. Notably after Diana’s death in 1997, the tiara was not worn in public again until 2015, when Duchess Kate wore it to a reception at Buckingham Palace. Kate has worn it on several occasions, such as the State Banquet for the King and Queen of Spain in July 2017, for a state dinner in honor of the King and Queen of the Netherlands in December 2017 and during the Banquet for then-President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in June 2019. So it seems worth putting up with the occasional headache because of its use. royal genius.