Our last Tiara Tournament match of the day features a pair of tiaras owned by the Queen’s royal cousins…

Queen Mary’s Honeysuckle Tiara

vs.

The Kent City of London Fringe Tiara

Queen Mary’s Honeysuckle Tiara

This diamond honeysuckle tiara, which can be worn with a set of interchangeable center stones, was commissioned by Queen Mary in 1914. She gave the tiara to her daughter-in-law, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, as a wedding present in 1935. Today, it’s worn by Alice’s daughter-in-law, the present Duchess of Gloucester. Can its classic design and versatile stones help it triumph?

The Kent City of London Fringe Tiara

Simple and delicate, this tiara is a textbook example of the traditional diamond fringe. The tiara was a wedding gift from the City of London to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in 1934. It’s since been worn by several Kent family brides, including Lady Gabriella Windsor. Few tiara designs are more classic than the diamond fringe, which could help bring home a victory for this sparkler!

Our next tiara tournament match will be at midnight CDT — look out for a Cinderella!

Our first Tiara Tournament kicks off today with a match-up for the ages:

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara 

vs.

The Strathmore Rose Tiara

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

This balanced, classic tiara is the overall number one seed in our tournament. Given by a committee of women to Queen Mary as a wedding present in 1893, the diamond tiara has a rich history as well as a beautiful design, making it a perennial favorite for tiara lovers. This sparkler is definitely going to be tough to beat!

The Strathmore Rose Tiara

This delicate floral tiara, also made in the nineteenth century, was a wedding present given to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (better known to us as the Queen Mother) by her father, the Earl of Strathmore, in 1923. She loved to wear the tiara across her forehead in trendy 1920s style, but it’s not been worn by any other member of the family, and it’s still in the vaults today. Could it be a dark horse champion in today’s head-to-head battle?

Stay tuned later today for another tiara tournament match-up!

It’s been an interesting few weeks around the world, to say the very least. As we all hunker down to try to flatten the COVID-19 curve, I’m excited to be able to continue to bring a little happy sparkle to all our days. But because many of the royals are also taking precautions and canceling events, the daily content here at The Court Jeweller will also be a little bit different over the next few weeks…

Those of you who know me in real life know that I’m a big sports fan, and the March Madness basketball tournament is one of my favorite annual events. Since there won’t be basketball brackets to fill out this year, I’ve got a bit of a sparkling surprise: a Tiara Tournament!

I’m not the first one to run one of these tourneys — our pals over at Luxarazzi did one years ago, and the ladies at GFY put on their spectacular Fug Madness festivities every March — but I’m hoping this will provide us a little extra fun while we wait for the royals to resume regular service.

So, for the next few weeks, we’re going to be enjoying some head-to-head match-ups featuring the most sparkling British royal tiaras! (We’re sticking with the Brits this time, though if we have enough fun, we may expand the field to include other collections next year!) Here’s how it will work: every day, you’ll get to vote for several of your favorite tiaras in individual matches, and we’ll eventually end up with a battle between our top two contenders!

The tournament features 32 tiaras presently owned by members of the British royal family, all ranked and ready to compete for the top spot. Which British royal tiara will take the title? Will we see a Cinderella emerge in this Big Dance? I can’t wait to see your votes to crown our champion! The first match-up will be posted in a few hours…

While you wait for tip-off, tell me: which tiara do you think will be our tournament champion?