The Poltimore Tiara of Princess Margaret

The Poltimore Tiara

This grand tiara was famous mostly for its more recent owner, the queen's sister - HRH Princess Margaret who died in 2002.

The Poltimore tiara Princess Margaret wore on her wedding day was purchased prior to her wedding, and was seen wearing the tiara in the form of the necklace prior to her wedding and continued to wear the piece in its various forms on many state occasions after her wedding day.

Florence Sara Wilhelmine, Lady Poltimore

The Poltimore Tiara was originally created by Garrards in 1870 for Lady Poltimore, the wife of the 2nd Baron Poltimore.

The children of the late Princess, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, sold this and other items at an auction at Christie's in 2006 to pay the inheritance tax due on her estate.
The tiara fetched $1.7 million, far more than its $360,000 pre-sale estimate.

As a necklace..

Papyrus Tiara of the Queen Mum

 

Papyrus Tiara
This tiara was made in 1925. It was given as a wedding present to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She then gave it to her daughter Princess Margaret.

It is a tiara with papyrus-shaped mounts framed in scrolls separated with palmettes. The diamond trails arch above, surmounted by diamonds and a pearl.

The Queen Mother as Duchess of York before her husband became George VI.


Below is her daughter, HRH Princess Margaret wearing the Tiara
along with The Teck Necklace



Later, it was lent to Serena Stanhope for her wedding to David, Viscount Linley; Princess Margaret's son, in 1993.


Lady Serena is a descendant of Charles II of England.