Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit;s late afternoon wedding on August 25, 2001 carried a formal dress code. We don’t often cover tiaras here but any daytime diamonds are fair game here at Royal Hats so we’re going to sparkle up the rest of this week and look at the jewels and gowns worn by royal guests to this event (I’ll leave discussion about the jewels to expert Lauren Kiehna and link to her comprehensive history of each diadem).
Queen Sonja topped her jade gown with the very grand diamond and emerald tiara from the Norwegian Emerald Parure
Princess Märtha Louise wore the modern tiara her grandfather King Olav gifted her in 1989 with diamond ears of wheat and pearls.
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Princess Astrid wore Queen Maud’s Turquoise Circlet tiara, beautifully paired with her pale blue gown.
Princess Ragnhild wore what is known as Princess Ingebog’s Boucheron Circle Tiara
Queen Margrethe topped her purple ensemble with the romantic heart-shaped Baden Palmette Tiara
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Princess Benedikte wore her Star and Pearl Tiara. Her eldest daughter, Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wore her mother’s wonderful floral tiara; her younger daughter, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, is shown below in coral, in an open design tiara I’ve not been able to identify.
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Queen Anne-Marie of Greece wore the beautiful scrolled diamond Khedive of Egypt Tiara
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Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark wore her diamond tiara with lovely halo shape.
Queen Silvia wore one of her larger tiaras, Queen Sofia’s Tiara with central starburst and diamond swags.
Crown Princess Victoria wore her graphic diamond Baden Fringe Tiara
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Princess Madeleine wore the Modern Fringe Tiara, a gift from her parents which she would later wear at her own wedding.
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We don’t chat tiaras much here but like hats, a tiara’s shape or scale can suit (or not suit!) their wearers and the ensembles with which they are paired. Which ones here stand out to you most?
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to a quintet of hats worn 68 years ago today to the opening of the 1948 London Olympics. From left to right are Prince Olav of Norway, Princess Ragnhild, Princess Märtha, a smiling and very young Prince Harald, and Princess Astrid. Princess Märtha’s hat follows a particularly aerodynamic shape.
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