As Princess of Wales, Princess Kate is the behind Queen Camilla, and as such, she has been present at a number of high-profile ceremonies and events where some of the world’s most priceless jewels have been on display.

Since , Kate has been entrusted with some of the royal family’s most valuable treasures, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets and glittering tiaras.

Once worn regularly for receptions, galas, balls and banquets, tiaras today are reserved for only a select number of events, making the opportunities to see them all the more publicly anticipated.

There are two annual events where tiaras can typically be expected to be worn, one being a state banquet held at Buckingham Palace by the king for visiting heads of state, and the second being the annual diplomatic corps reception at the palace, which is attended by ambassadors and high commissioners stationed in Britain.

Queen Elizabeth II lent Kate than any other royal family member, including some of her most sentimental bracelets and tiaras, a trend that has continued.

Here, Regalrumination.com examines all of Princess Kate’s sparkling royal tiaras since becoming Britain’s future queen.

Cartier Halo Tiara

Princess Kate’s first royal tiara was worn on her wedding day in April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

For the occasion, lent her new granddaughter-in-law a sentimental jewel,

Purchased in 1936 by King George VI for his wife, Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, the couple gave it to their eldest daughter (Elizabeth II) as her first tiara for an 18th birthday present.

Before passing it on to Kate, the queen lent her present to her younger sister, Princess Margaret, and her daughter, Princess Anne.

The princess has not worn this particular tiara again since her wedding day.

Lotus Flower Tiara

The Lotus Flower Tiara was another jewel owned by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. She had it made using a necklace given to her as a wedding present in 1923.

The tiara could be worn in the traditional form, on top of the head, or as a fashionable 1920s bandeau, on the forehead.

Elizabeth’s youngest daughter, Princess Margaret, wore the tiara from the 1960s through the 1990s. After the Queen Mother’s death in 2002, it entered the collection of Queen Elizabeth II.

The tiara was next seen on Princess Kate as she attended her first state banquet as a member of the royal family in 2015, where President of China was the guest of honor.

Kate wore the piece in 2022 when she attended King Charles III’s first diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace.

It was seen again in 2024, when the king , Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, for the state banquet held in honor of the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara was commissioned by Queen Mary (consort of King George V) in 1913 to replicate a historic diadem owned by her aunt, the Duchess of Cambridge.

The diamond frame contains space for a number of swinging pearls topped with diamond bows and is one of the larger tiaras in terms of scale worn by Princess Kate.

Queen Elizabeth II wore the tiara during the early years of her reign in the 1950s, and it resurfaced in 1981 when the monarch lent it to as a wedding present.

The tiara was returned to the Queen when the princess divorced King Charles (then the Prince of Wales) in 1996.

It was next seen on Kate’s head at the Buckingham Palace diplomatic reception in 2015 and has become her most regularly worn tiara.

Strathmore Rose Tiara

Princess Kate delighted jewelry fans by debuting a new tiara, which King Charles III had lent her to for the President of South Korea in November 2023.

Known as the Strathmore Rose Tiara, the diamond headpiece featuring five large diamond roses suspended beneath trailing diamond leaves and stems was given to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by her parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, in 1923.

The Queen Mother wore the sentimental jewel as a bandeau on the forehead but was not seen in public after her husband acceded to the throne in 1936 when she gained access to the larger royal jewelry repository.

The tiara is believed to have been inherited by Queen Elizabeth II after her mother’s death and then passed on to King Charles.

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