{"id":70131,"date":"2023-01-06T16:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=70131"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:51:58","slug":"prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-day-tiara-drama","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-day-tiara-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Shares Another Side to Meghan Markle’s Wedding Day Tiara Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. (Photo by Ben Birchall \/ POOL \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prince Harry<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0tell-all memoir, Spare<\/em><\/a>, hits shelves on Jan. 10, but drama-filled excerpts are already leaking. Among the bombshells<\/a>, there are new details regarding the drama surrounding Meghan Markle\u2019s wedding tiara<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Page Six<\/em><\/a> reported that in the new book, Prince Harry explained that he and Markle imagined that she would wear one of Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s tiaras for her special day, but Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> urged them to choose from her private jewelry collection at Buckingham Palace vaults<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

According to the reports, the Queen and Angela Kelly, her Majesty\u2019s royal dresser, shared an assortment of five tiaras for the bride.\u00a0Prince Harry recalled that one particular crown \u201cstood out from the others,\u201d according to a quote acquired by Page Six<\/em><\/a>. Prince Harry didn’t call out which one, but claimed that everyone agreed that it, \u201clooked like it was made for Meg.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leaves Windsor Castle in the Ascot Landau carriage during a procession after getting married at St Georges Chapel on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales marries Ms. Meghan Markle in a service at St George’s Chapel inside the grounds of Windsor Castle. Among the guests were 2200 members of the public, the royal family and Ms. Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland. (Photo by Karwai Tang\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just a week later, the couple touched base with Kelly and requested to borrow the tiara for a test with Markle\u2019s hairstylist. The Duke of Sussex claims the royal dresser went silent. When she did contact them, she said the tiara needed a police escort to leave the palace.<\/p>\n

It’s reported that Harry wrote that it “seemed to us a little exaggerated,\u201d but it was down to the wire so they agreed.\u00a0\u201cIt was obvious they were putting up obstacles, but why? It didn\u2019t occur to us what motives they might have.”<\/p>\n

Apparently, the drama (which he reportedly said stirred “heated debates”) was regarding the fact that Markle was divorced. (Markle was previously married to film and TV producer Trevor Engelson.)<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle arrives at the wedding of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meghan Markle<\/a>\u00a0and Prince Harry tied the knot on May 19, 2018, with Markle wearing a Givenchy gown by designer Clare Waight Keller, with a cascading veil, and Queen Mary\u2019s glistening Diamond Bandeau tiara.<\/p>\n

According to<\/a> royal biographer Robert Lacy, Queen Elizabeth II allegedly denied Markle\u2019s green emerald selection, as the piece had \u201cscandal attached.\u201d In his book Battle of Brothers<\/em>, the author claims the Duchess requested to wear \u201ca beautiful emerald headdress that was said \u2018to have come from Russia.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lacy explained that pieces sourced from Russia come from \u201ca sensitive origin.\u201d The unknown headpiece \u201cwas one of those that found its way into Windsor hands through \u2018undefined\u2019 not to say dodgy channels \u2014 and for an undisclosed price \u2014 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau, is pictured, which is being worn by Meghan Markle for her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19, 2018. It was specifically made for Queen Mary in 1932 to accommodate in the centre the detachable brooch given as a present for her own wedding in 1893 by the County of Lincoln.\u00a0 (Photo by Royal Collection Trust via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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In 1918, Russia\u2019s Imperial family, the Romanov\u2019s (including Tsar Nicholas II) were murdered. Some of the family jewels found their way to the British royal family. \u201cIt would suit neither the palace nor Meghan herself that spring if newspapers started speculating about which Tsarist princess had worn the tiara and how she had been assassinated,\u201d said Lacy.<\/p>\n

The tiara Markle wore on her wedding day has historic roots reaching back to 1893. When Queen Mary was still Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, she received a group of glittering jewels as a wedding gift when she tied the knot with King George V. Among her presents was an immaculate diamond cluster brooch.<\/p>\n

Leading UK jeweler Steven Stone told\u00a0Page Six Style<\/em><\/a>, \u201cthe center stone featured in the tiara is actually a brooch, comprised of 10 diamonds which Mary of Teck received as a wedding gift from the County of Lincoln in 1893.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary (1867 – 1953) watching a performance of Emile Littler’s pantomime, ‘Little Miss Muffet’ from the Royal Box at the London Casino, 20th December 1949. She is wearing a diamond bandeau tiara later worn by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, on her wedding day. (Photo by Paul Popper\/Popperfoto via Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to\u00a0The Court Jeweler<\/em><\/a>, Queen Mary commissioned Garrard in 1932 to create a new diamond and platinum bandeau-style tiara, with the County of Lincoln Brooch in the center.\u00a0The Royal Collection<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has detailed the tiara as, \u201ca flexible band of eleven sections, pav\u00e9 set with large and small, brilliant diamonds in a geometric design.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tiara was handed down to Queen Elizabeth II from her grandmother in 1953.<\/p>\n

In the months following her wedding day, the Duchess told\u00a0Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cWhen it came to the tiara on the day, I was very fortunate to be able to choose this gorgeous art deco style bandeau tiara.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cHarry and I had gone to Buckingham Palace to meet with her Majesty the Queen to select one of the options that were there which was an incredibly surreal day as you can imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":67950,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,17,6591,16],"yoast_head":"\nPrince Harry Shares Meghan Markle Wedding Tiara Drama in Book<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Prince Harry\u2019s memoir, Spare, he details the drama that surrounded Meghan Markle\u2019s wedding day tiara choice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-day-tiara-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prince Harry Shares 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