Kate Middleton wears rarely-seen 100-year-old tiara and stuns at glittering state banquet
ok.co.ukKate Middleton left royal watchers delighted as she wore the Strathmore Rose Tiara as she attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in honour of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee.The tiara, which had belonged to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, and was last worn by her in the 1930s.
It has been rumoured to have fallen into disrepair in the years since until it was briefly displayed in a 2002 exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.The Princess of Wales stunned in the rarely-seen tiara, which was designed to resemble a garland of roses.
She paired this with a white gown designed by Jenny Packham, and a pair of dramatic opera-style gloves. The Strathmore Rose Tiara was gifted to the Queen Mother by her father, Lord Strathmore ahead of her wedding to the then-Duke of York in 1923.
Art historian Sir Hugh Roberts, who penned the book The Queen's Diamonds, has claimed that although the tiara was not purchased until the 1920s, it had actually been designed and made in the late 1800s.
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