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[[Image:Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara.jpg|frame|[[Mary of Teck|Mary]] wearing the tiara]] |
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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 [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]], as a wedding present. |
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 [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|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. |
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 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara was given to the future 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.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the tiara, designed by Arnold Machin, has appeared on many Commonwealth currencies, including those of Britain, Australia, Jamaica, Canada and Ceylon.
