Princess Theodora wears familiar tiara to wed American fiancé

When Princess Theodora of Greece married her American fiancé, she did so in a familiar tiara.

The Princess donned the Khedive of Egypt Tiara like her mother, Queen Anne-Marie and sister, Princess Alexia, before her. The tiara was also worn by Theodora’s maternal aunt, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, at her 1967 wedding.

The heirloom tiara features diamond scrolls and can be worn as a large brooch or in the more popular diadem form. The scrolls are made of laurel branches with large diamonds set in the centre of each.

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The diamond scroll tiara made its way to Europe as a wedding gift from the Khedive of Egypt to Princess Margaret of Connaught for her wedding to Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in 1905.

Margaret died at the age of 38, and her ten-year-old daughter, Ingrid, inherited her jewels. Princess Ingrid wore it for royal events at home in Sweden and took it with her to Denmark when she married King Frederik IX. Queen Ingrid wore it many times throughout her life and loaned the Khedive of Egypt Tiara to family members for various events.

Her daughters, the future Queen Margrethe of Denmark, wore it for her 1967 wedding and Queen Anne-Marie donned it for her 1964 nuptials in Greece. Of course, when it came time for Princess Benedikte to wed in 1968, she also wore her mother’s tiara.

Upon Queen Ingrid’s death in 2000, her youngest daughter, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, inherited it. The tiara has been worn by Anne-Marie’s nieces (the daughters of Princess Benedikte) and her eldest daughter, Princess Alexia.

Now in 2024, Princess Theodora added her name to the long list of royal ladies who wore the tiara for one of the most important days of their lives.