The Victorian Aga Khan Tiara

All photos: Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn


In 1896, a year before her Diamond Jubilee, an inventory of Queen Victoria's jewels was made by Garrard, the crown jeweler  There weren't many tiaras on the list -- only five, which pales in comparison to the number of tiaras owned and worn by subsequent British queens. But one of the five on the list was this one: the tiara