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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. |
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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. |
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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. |