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Queen Sonja of Norway wears the bandeau base of the Maltese Cross Tiara for the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s annual gala in New York, October 2002; more on the unusual tiara over here!
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Christie’s |
Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Christie’s) |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, ca. 1878 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna and Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ca. 1880 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ca. 1889 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Grand Duchess Anastasia with her three eldest children, Duchess Cecilie, Duchess Alexandrine, and Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, ca. 1890s (Wikimedia Commons) |
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Wikimedia Commons) |
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland ca. 1888 with their children: (L-R) Prince George William, Princess Marie Louise, Prince Christian, Prince Ernst August, Princess Alexandra, and Princess Olga (Wikimedia Commons) |
Princess Alexandra of Hanover, ca. 1900 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Wedding portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Alexandra of Hanover, June 1904 |
Christie’s |
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz and Grand Duchess Alexandra (Christie’s) |
Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ca. 1904 (Grand Ladies Site) |
Christie’s |
Faberge tiaras on display in Houston (Photo generously shared with us by Jeanne; do not reproduce) |
Arts Council England/Sotheby’s |
The Princess of Wales in Scotland ca. 1870 with her four eldest children; from left: Princess Louise, Prince George, Princess Victoria, and Prince Albert Victor (Wikimedia Commons) |
The Wales family, ca. 1885; (top row, L-R): Prince George, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales, Princess Victoria, (bottom row, L-R): Princess Maud, Prince Albert Victor, Princess Louise |
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl of Fife, ca. 1889 (Wikimedia Commons) |
The Earl of Fife and Princess Louise of Wales, ca. 1889 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Lord Fife and Princess Louise on their wedding day, July 1889 (Wikimedia Commons) |
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Princess Louise wearing the Fife Tiara, ca. 1896 (Grand Ladies Site) |
The Wales women at Prince George’s wedding, 1893; (L-R): Princess Maud, Princess Victoria, the Princess of Wales, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (Royal Collection) |
The Wales women at Princess Maud’s wedding in 1896; (L-R) Princess Victoria, Princess Maud, Lady Alexandra Duff, the Princess of Wales, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (Royal Collection) |
The Prince and Princess of Wales with Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and Lady Alexandra Duff at Princess Maud’s wedding in 1896 (Wikimedia Commons) |
The Duke of Fife and Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, ca. 1911 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Miniature portrait of Princess Louise, ca. 1911 (Royal Collection) |
Photographic portrait of Princess Louise with her daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Maud, ca. 1911 (Royal Collection) |
Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife on their wedding day, October 1913 (Wikimedia Commons) |
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (Princess Arthur of Connaught) wears the Fife Tiara in a portrait taken at the time of the 1937 coronation (Royal Collection) |
Princess Alexandra wears the tiara in Westminster Abbey at the 1937 coronation (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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