Queen Elisabeth's Diamond Bandeau Tiara



This tiara was made in the early twentieth century for Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians. Queen Paola wears it often. And Princess Mathilde has only worn this tiara once, at her wedding in December of 1999. Queen Paola was given the tiara from her newly-wed husband (in 1965) who inherited it from his grandmother.

Queen Paola of the Belgians

Princess Mathilde of Belgium



Emerald and Diamond Wreath Tiara

 Sources suggest that this piece, which is worn both as a tiara and a necklace by Archduchess Francesca von Habsburg, the wife of Archduke Karl (the current head of the House of Habsburg), was originally owned by the Hanoverian royal family but sold at auction. The piece is composed of diamond wreath elements interspersed with large emeralds.
 

Archduchess Francesca von Hansburg

Daisy Diamond Tiara

This tiara is a small bandeau of diamonds set in daisy shapes and enclosed in circles with a scalloped edge, so we will call it the Diamond Daisy Tiara. It was made in 1910, and was a wedding gift from King Harald and Queen Sonja to Mette-Marit.

 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Queen Sonja of Norway

Cate Blanchett wore either this same tiara or a copy in the movie An Ideal Husband. That movie came out in 1999, 2 years before the wedding, so it may indeed be the same tiara. Knowing that Garrard's provided jewels to the moviemakers and that the Norwegian royal family have used Garrard's as a jeweler in the past, it's reasonable to guess that the royal family purchased this in Britain sometime before the wedding.

Since then, it has become Mette-Marit's most frequently worn tiara.