Rare Details About Queen Elizabeth’s Wedding Tiara Revealed in New Exhibition

When Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten on November 20, 1947, she dazzled in a tiara that had once belonged to her grandmother, Queen Mary. But what is less well-known is that just a few days before the wedding, three generations of royal women made a special visit during which the Princess was presented with her jewels. A new exhibition at Kensington Palace is displaying, for the first time, jeweler Garrard’s visitors’ book which documented visits made by the royal family to the firm’s Mayfair home. Detailed in the book, dated November 11, 1947, is information about a trip where “Queen… Read Full Article