Crystal Fringe Tiara Earrings

The range is inspired by one of Queen Elizabeth's II's favourite Tiara's.  In  1893 a committee was formed by Lady Greville to raise money from the Girls of Great Britain & Northern Ireland to buy a wedding present for the then Princess Mary of Teck - later to become Queen Mary.  They collectively raised £5,000 and bought a tiara from the Crown jewellers - Garrards.  It was a festoon and scroll design, surmounted by nine large oriental pearls on diamond spikes.  This was then mounted on a bandeau base of alternate round and lozenge collets between two bands of diamonds. It was adapted and worn by Queen Mary throughout her life, and in 1947 she gave it to Princess Elizabeth (Later to become Queen Elizabeth II) as a wedding gift.  This was the first tiara the present Queen ever owned, which she still affectionately calls 'Granny's Tiara'.