I'm sooo excited for another Tiara Time!!! This week at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony we saw the Swedish royal family parading their tiaras. It was really a beautiful sight!
We'll start of course with the leading lady of the Swedish royal family, Queen Silvia. The Swedish royal family have a lot of tiaras at their disposal, and what makes them unique is that they're all quite old. Real family heirlooms. Tonight Queen Silvia wore the 'Nine Prong Tiara' (also known as the Queen Sofia Tiara). This is a biggie in their collection of tiaras and with the exception of Princess Birgitta no one else wears it, but the queen (or at least not that I've seen).
I love this tiara, it dates back to the 1860s and it's everything a tiara should be. It's sparkly, beautiful and the prongs are just gorgeous. My favourite part is the fan in the middle. It's a lovely way of honouring the Nobel Prize candidates by wearing such a beautiful tiara, and such an important one.
Next up we have Crown Princess Victoria. Victoria's actually surprised us by doing a double tiara wearing tonight. On her head is the 'Connaught Diamond Tiara.' As far as tiaras go it's not a very old one, it dates back to 1904. This tiara is worn by both Victoria and her younger sister Princess Madeleine. It's a gorgeous tiara and the diamond flowers popping up in between the loops is beautiful. Whilst it's not the the most important one in the Swedish collection, I think it's a good choice for Victoria and it suits her.
Around her neck the Crown Princess is actually wearing the 'Napoleonic Amethyst Tiara.' The tiara on her head might not be an important one, but the one around her neck is! The tiara dates back to 1806 and is the second oldest in Sweden's collection. The only other person who's worn this tiara recently has been Queen Silvia so this gives a bit of a hint to it's standing tiara wise. I love the colour purple so naturally I'm a big fan of this tiara. On Victoria it looks amazing and matches her outfit for the evening, but it also compliments her eye colour.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has stunned with a new tiara! Not only is it new, but it's beautiful. The combination of diamonds and aquamarines is gorgeous. Madeleine's eyes are blue so they match her eyes, and the silver of the dress makes for a great combination as well. This tiara hasn't got a very long history when compared with other tiaras. It dates back to the early 1900s. Currently the tiara actually belongs to Madeleine's aunt, Princess Margaretha. Luckily Margaretha shares it out quite a bit.
Princess Sofia is doing what most royal brides do for their first tiara events after their weddings (Carl Philip and Sofia got married in June of this year). That is, she's wearing her wedding tiara. This makes sense as Sofia is not a princess by blood so she can't borrow a tiara from someone else in the family and she's not going to be allowed to wear any of the big namers. This tiara is brand new and of course dates back to June of this year. I like the green tips, but I'm not the biggest fan of it. You can see that it's new and doesn't have the same quality as the other tiaras we've seen so far. The tiara reminds me of something a child might play with. Hopefully as Sofia stays in the family she will be given more tiara privileges (you can always tell the importance of a royal by how many tiaras they wear and which ones they wear).
All in all a great tiara time. We saw some real classics, we had a double tiara from the Crown Princess, a surprise from Princess Madeleine and Princess Sofia showing off her wedding tiara. I can't wait for the next Tiara Time!!!
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