Sunday, August 4, 2013

The Harcourt Emerald Tiara



Photos (clockwise from top): tiara detail; Mary Ethel Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt; tiara detail; Doris Baring, Lady Ashburton


Sixty years ago, the current queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, was crowned in Westminster Abbey. The British nobility busted out their tiaras for the occasion, and this diamond and emerald tiara made an appearance on the head of Lady Ashburton. But it

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