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#REDIRECT [[Jewels of Elizabeth II#Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara]]
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Part of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]], the ''''Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara''' was given to the future [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] as a wedding present in [[1893]]. The [[diamond]] [[tiara]] was purchased from Garrard, the London jeweller, by a committee organised by [[Lady Eve Greville]]. In [[1947]], Mary gave the tiara to her granddaughter, the future [[Queen Elizabeth II]], as a wedding present.
The tiara was described by Leslie Field as "a diamond festoon-and-scroll design surmounted by nine large oriental pearls on diamond spikes and set on a bandeau base of alternate round and lozenge collets between two plain bands of diamonds". Queen Elizabeth II usually wears the tiara without the base or pearls.
The tiara has appeared in many portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, including those featured on [[England|English]], [[Australia|Australian]], [[Jamaica|Jamaican]] and [[Ceylon|Ceylonese]] currency.
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