Princess Beatrice’s royal wedding may have been a low-key, private affair, but both her wedding dress and tiara made an impact for their opulence and rich family history.
Britain’s Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are seen in the grounds of the Royal Lodge after their wedding, in Windsor, Britain, in this official wedding photograph released by the Royal Communications on July 19, 2020. Benjamin Wheeler/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING, SOUVENIRS, MEMORABILIA OR COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NOT FOR USE AFTER 18TH JANUARY 2021 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. NO CROPPING. COPYRIGHT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS VESTED IN PRINCESS BEATRICE AND EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI AND BENJAMIN WHEELER. PUBLICATIONS ARE ASKED TO CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BENJAMIN WHEELER. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WHEN PUBLISHED. THIS HANDOUT PHOTO MAY ONLY BE USED IN FOR EDITORIAL REPORTING PURPOSES FOR THE CONTEMPORANEOUS ILLUSTRATION OF EVENTS, THINGS OR THE PEOPLE IN THE IMAGE OR FACTS MENTIONED IN THE CAPTION. REUSE OF THE PICTURE MAY REQUIRE FURTHER PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
Britain’s Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are seen in the grounds of the Royal Lodge after their wedding, in Windsor, Britain, in this official wedding photograph released by the Royal Communications on July 19, 2020. Benjamin Wheeler/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING, SOUVENIRS, MEMORABILIA OR COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NOT FOR USE AFTER 18TH JANUARY 2021 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. NO CROPPING. COPYRIGHT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS VESTED IN PRINCESS BEATRICE AND EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI AND BENJAMIN WHEELER. PUBLICATIONS ARE ASKED TO CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BENJAMIN WHEELER. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WHEN PUBLISHED. THIS HANDOUT PHOTO MAY ONLY BE USED IN FOR EDITORIAL REPORTING PURPOSES FOR THE CONTEMPORANEOUS ILLUSTRATION OF EVENTS, THINGS OR THE PEOPLE IN THE IMAGE OR FACTS MENTIONED IN THE CAPTION. REUSE OF THE PICTURE MAY REQUIRE FURTHER PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
Britain’s Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi leave The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge after their wedding, in Windsor, Britain, in this official wedding photograph released by the Royal Communications on July 18, 2020. Benjamin Wheeler/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING, SOUVENIRS, MEMORABILIA OR COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NOT FOR USE AFTER 18TH JANUARY 2021 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. NO CROPPING. COPYRIGHT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS VESTED IN PRINCESS BEATRICE AND EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI AND BENJAMIN WHEELER. PUBLICATIONS ARE ASKED TO CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BENJAMIN WHEELER. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WHEN PUBLISHED.
Britain’s Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi stand outside The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge after their wedding, with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, in Windsor, Britain, in this official wedding photograph released by the Royal Communications on July 18, 2020. Benjamin Wheeler/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING, SOUVENIRS, MEMORABILIA or COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NOT FOR USE AFTER 18TH JANUARY 2021 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. NO CROPPING. COPYRIGHT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS VESTED IN PRINCESS BEATRICE AND EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI AND BENJAMIN WHEELER. PUBLICATIONS ARE ASKED TO CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BENJAMIN WHEELER. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WHEN PUBLISHED.
Reverend Anthony Ball, Canon of Westminster, with Toby Wright, son of the Reverend Paul Wright, Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, place Britain’s Princess Beatrice’s wedding bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in London, Britain July 17, 2020. Picture taken July 17, 2020. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING, SOUVENIRS, MEMORABILIA or COLOURABLY SIMILAR
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The tiara was commissioned in 1919 by Queen Mary from the House of Garrard, which crafted the tiara with 47 delicate bars of diamonds. The queen later lent the tiara to her granddaughter, then Princess Elizabeth, for her royal wedding to Prince Philip in 1947.
According to the House of Garrard, the delicate tiara snapped on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding day as she was getting ready for the ceremony. The tiara was transported by a police escort to the jeweler’s workshop to be mended just in time for the wedding.
Queen Elizabeth has gone on to wear the tiara frequently throughout her 67 years on the throne. She has also lent the tiara to her daughter, Princess Anne, for her royal wedding in 1973.
Princess Beatrice follows the tradition of young royals borrowing tiaras from the queen’s extravagant jewelry collection. The princess follows her sister, Princess Eugenie, who chose the queen’s Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara for her royal wedding in 2018. The tiara, which takes its style from those popular in Russia’s Imperial Court in the early 19th century, was designed with rose-cute pavé diamonds set in platinum and six emeralds.
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Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughters-in-law, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, also sported tiaras from her collection for their own weddings. Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, paired her custom Givenchy wedding gown with Queen Mary’s Bandeau Tiara, which was crafted in 1932 from a brooch Queen Mary received as a wedding gift in 1893.
Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, chose the queen’s Cartier Halo Tiara for her royal wedding in 2011. The tiara was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, in 1936 as a gift for his wife before he assumed the throne. The tiara is crafted with 739 brilliant and 149 baton diamonds.
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