Princess Charlotteis still years away from her first tiara moment — but it may come sooner for her than other women of the royal family.
Royal women often wear their first tiara on their wedding day. That was the case for Princess Charlotte’s mom,Kate Middleton, and her auntMeghan Markle. Even blood members of the royal family — includingQueen Elizabeth’s granddaughterPrincess Eugenie,Princess BeatriceandZara Tindall— didn’t sport the sparkling headpieces until their nuptials.
However, the 8-year-old daughter ofPrince Williamand Princess Kate, both 41, could get to wear a tiara from the royal vault before her walk down the aisle. It’s possible that Princess Charlotte will follow in the footsteps of Queen Elizabeth’s daughter,Princess Anne, and the late monarch’s sister,Princess Margaret, who both wore tiaras ahead of their wedding days.
Princess Anne and Queen Elizabeth wear tiaras at the state visit to Austria in 1969.Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty
Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty
For her wedding day, Princess Anne did opt for an extra special headpiece: Queen Mary’s fringe tiara, which Queen Elizabeth also wore to marry Prince Philip.
The reason Princess Anne and Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, were able to wear tiaras to gala events ahead of their wedding is likely because they — unlike the women marrying into the royal family or Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughters — were working members of the royal family.
Princess Charlotte — as the granddaughter of King Charles, daughter of heir Prince William and sister of future monarch Prince George — will likely be a working member of the royal family someday.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra with Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Eliabeth, Princess Estelle and Prince Charles.LISE ASERUD/NTB/AFP via Getty
LISE ASERUD/NTB/AFP via Getty
Young royal women from countries outside the U.K. have started adding tiaras to their wardrobes. At the18th birthday galaforPrincess Ingrid Alexandraof Norway last summer, three future queens of Europe wore their first tiaras out and about — in addition to the birthday girl, Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands and Princess Elisabeth of Belgium also had their tiaras debuts at the event. (Princess Estelle of Sweden, who is second in line to the throne, was a little too young to wear such a headpiece — but fit right in wearing a statement headband!)
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Although Princess Charlotte hasn’t worn a tiara yet, she wore a special headpiece at the May coronation of King Charles — the Princess of Wales and her daughtercoordinated in Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headpiecesfeaturing silver bullion, crystal and silver thread work three-dimensional leaf embroidery.
Charlotte also wore astaple of royal women’s wardrobes, a hat, for the first time at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth in September.
Princess Charlotte and Kate Middleton at the May 6 coronation.Karwai Tang/WireImage
Karwai Tang/WireImage
Even after a decade, Princess Kate is still having tiara firsts. Shefirst experimented wearing a tiara with her hair loose(rather than swept into an updo) in December andwore her first tiara outside the U.K.in June while attending the royal wedding ofCrown Prince HusseinandPrincess Rajwain Jordan.
source: people.com
