The tradition of tiaras began in the Greek and Roman empires, when senior men and women wore tiaras as a symbol of their status. But it was Napoleon who made them reallyfashionable: the purpose was to present his court as the 19 grandest court-century Europe- – In order to connect himself to the ancient emperors of the past – he commissioned many fantastic tiaras for his wife Josephine. Soon all the aristocratic women in their court started following her stylish neoclassical suits, as did the rest of Europe’s richest families.
Today, many royal women wear precious diamond tiaras on grand national occasions or weddings. For example, Queen Elizabeth appears on the banknotes of the girls’ tiara of Great Britain and Ireland, once owned by her great-grandmother Queen Mary, and Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding where she wore the Greville The Emerald Kokoshnik tiara is rumored to cost millions of dollars due to its 93.7 carat center emerald. Often, these pieces are the product of fine and magnificent pieces by great jewellery houses such as Garrard, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron.
Below are some of the greatest royal tiaras in history.
