A century-old wedding present has quietly become one of the most untouchable jewels in royal history. The Spencer Tiara, forever linked to the image of Diana, Princess of Wales, has never sat on Kate Middleton or Meghan Markle’s heads.
The reason has nothing to do with taste, and everything to do with ownership: this diamond heirloom was never part of the royal vault to begin with.
A gift that became a family rite of passage
The tiara’s story dates back to 1919, when Lady Cynthia Hamilton — Diana’s paternal grandmother — married Viscount Althorp , the future 7th Earl Spencer. Its heart-shaped centerpiece, a wedding gift from the groom’s mother…
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