#Lady Eva Greville

[thepastisalreadywritten]

This is a tiara rooted in tragedy. Princess Mary of Teck was engaged to be married to the future king, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale, in 1891.

But just a few weeks after the engagement was announced, he died of influenza.

His younger brother, Prince George, Duke of York, became the heir to the throne. He was also unmarried. Prince George had proposed to one of his cousins, who he was in love with, but she turned him down.

He turned his attention to Princess Mary, and she accepted. The couple were wed on 6 July 1893.

The tiara was a wedding gift to Mary. The name came from the committee of women, led by Lady Eva Greville, who raised the money for its creation.

They purchased the piece from Garrard in 1893. At Mary’s request, the remaining money from the fundraising event was sent to a fund to support widows and children of sailors who died in the HMS Victoria disaster, which killed 350.

Mary didn’t wear the piece on her wedding day - instead choosing one given to her by Queen Victoria - but it became one of her favourites. She chose it for one of her first official portraits when George ascended to the throne in 1910.

When her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip in 1947, Mary decided to gift her the tiara. It is reported that the Queen still calls the diadem “Granny’s Tiara” because of this.

Like Mary before her, Elizabeth loved this item and wore it often - including one for her first public appearance after her father’s funeral.

She had chosen it for portraits and at many official events over the years, marking it as her signature tiara.

Made by Garrard, this diadem features festoon and fleur-de-lys designs. Made of diamonds set in silver and gold, the original version was topped by 14 pearls.

It also came with a second frame, allowing it to be worn as a coronet. It could also be taken off a frame entirely and worn as a necklace.

Mary tweaked the tiara in 1914, removing the top row of pearls and replacing them with 13 diamond brilliants.

The pearls found their way to the Lover’s Knot tiara instead. The base of the tiara was also removed, and Mary wore it a separate bandeau.

Elizabeth put the two pieces back together in the 1960s, which is how it remains now.

Commenting on the tiara for Express UK, James Constantinou, owner of Prestige Pawnbrokers of Channel 4’s Posh Pawn, said:

"This tiara was a wedding present from the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary in 1893.

It was purchased with money raised by a committee chaired by Lady Eva Grenville who became one of Queen Mary’s ladies in waiting."

"In November 1947, Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth.

The Queen has worn the tiara regularly throughout her reign. She is depicted wearing it on certain issues of British and Commonwealth banknotes and coinage.

Due to the historic attachment to Queen Mary, this spectacular piece would most likely not come onto the open market, but hypothetically, if it did, it could certainly sparkle interest of up to £20 million."

How many tiaras are there in the royal collection?

There are dozens of priceless tiaras owned by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family. Many of the British aristocracy also own tiaras, wearing them at state banquets and on wedding days.

As well as tiaras currently in existence, there are a couple which have been dismantled to make other diadems. This includes The Surrey Fringe and The Nizam of Hyderabad.

Some tiaras have formed part of iconic moments in the history of the Royal Family.

The Cartier Halo, for instance, was worn by Catherine Middleton on her wedding day to Prince William in 2011.

And it is the Lover's Knot tiara that is most often seen today, as it is a favourite of the Duchess of Cambridge.

It was closely associated with Diana, Princess of Wales, during her marriage to Prince Charles, so it holds a special significance for Catherine.

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[thewomenofwindsor]

DAY 1 - Favourite British Royal Family Tiara

Queen Mary's Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara

This tiara was a wedding present from the ‘Girls of Great Britain and Ireland’ to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, in 1893. It was purchased with money raised by a committee chaired by Lady Eva Greville, who became one of Queen Mary’s ladies-in-waiting.  In November 1947 Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth.  The Queen has worn the tiara regularly throughout her reign and is depicted wearing it on certain issues of British and Commonwealth banknotes and coinage.

[charlotte-of-wales]

Royal Tiaras Highlights: Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

This tiara was a wedding present from the ‘Girls of Great Britain and Ireland’ to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, in 1893. It was purchased with money raised by a committee chaired by Lady Eva Greville, who became one of Queen Mary’s ladies-in-waiting. In November 1947 Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth. The Queen has worn the tiara regularly throughout her reign and is depicted wearing it on certain issues of British and Commonwealth banknotes and coinage

Via the Royal Collection Trust

[thehistorybehindthegem]

Büyük Britanya ve İrlanda Kızları Tacı

Tacın tarihi 1890'ların başlarına, Britanya'daki kraliyet düğünü heyecanının aniden trajediye döndüğü zamana kadar uzanıyor. Kraliçe Victoria'nın kuzenlerinden birinin kızı olan Teck Prensesi Mary, Aralık 1891'de geleceğin kralı Avondale ve Clarence Dükü, Prens Albert Victor ile evlenmek için nişanlanmıştı ama nişan gerçekleştikten sadece birkaç hafta sonra Prens Albert Victor aniden gripten öldü. Ailesinde "May" olarak anılan Mary yalnız kaldı ve artık ülkenin gelecekteki yeni bir hükümdarı vardı. Clarence Dükü'nün küçük kardeşi York Dükü, Prens George.

George, kuzenlerinden biri olan Edinburgh Prensesi Marie'ye aşık olmuştu ama o Romanya Veliaht Prensini tercih etmişti. 1893 baharında, George herkesin uzun zamandır beklediği şeyi yaptı: merhum kardeşinin nişanlısına evlenme teklif etti ve Mary kabul edil etti. Çift, 6 Temmuz 1893'te St.James Sarayı'ndaki Chapel Royal'de evlendi.

Mary’nin ışıltılı düğün hediyeleri arasında Büyük Britanya ve İrlanda Kızları tacı da vardı. Taç adını, yaptırılması için para toplayan Lady Eva Greville liderliğindeki kadın komitesinden alıyor. Fisto ve fleur-de-lis tasarımları içeren tacı Haziran 1893'te Garrard'dan satın aldılar.

Mary, düğün gününde tacı takmamış olsa da en sevdiği parçalardan biri oldu. 1897'de ünlü Devonshire House Ball'da  takmıştı. Kral George 1910'da tahta çıktığında, Kraliçe Mary olarak ilk resmi portrelerinden birinde bu tacı takmıştı.

[livinglikebritishroyalty]

𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

The Girls Of Great Britain And Ireland Tiara

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈: 

♕ Her Majesty Queen Mary (1892 - 1947): Wedding Gift from Lady Eva Greville

♕ Queen Elizabeth II (1947 - Present): Wedding Gift from Her Majesty Queen Mary

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𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇: 

Designed in 1893 by The Girls Of Great Britain And Ireland Tiara Committee led by Lady Eva Greville

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃: 

The Tiara features Festoon & Fleur-De-Lis designs with Diamonds set in Silver and Gold. The Original Design was topped with 14 pearls. Inside the custom mahogany box provided by the jeweler, a second frame was also supplied, which allowed the tiara to be worn as a coronet. Even better, it could also be taken off a frame entirely and worn as a necklace. In 1912, Mary had the Tiara re-designed. She had the pearls removed from the top of the tiara, replacing them with 13 diamond brilliants. The pearls were incorporated into her new Lover's Knot Tiara. The base of the tiara was also removed around this time so that it could be worn separately as a bandeau. In 1960, the Bandeau of the Tiara was placed back onto the tiara, which gave it more height. 

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 

♕ 1897: Devonshire House Ball (Queen Mary)

♕ 1912: Queen Mary’s Official Portrait (Queen Mary)

♕ 1952: Edinburgh Public Appearance (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1951: Queen Elizabeth’s 25th Birthday Portrait

♕ 1984: French State Visit to Britain (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2011: Landmark State Visit to Ireland (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2014: Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day (Queen Elizabeth II)

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♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈: 

♕ Lady Eva’s Greville’s committee (who raised the money for the tiara), had so much money left over after the tiara was created so the funds were used to support the widows & families of the HMS Victoria ship collision in 1893. 

♕ Queen Mary did not wear the tiara on her wedding day. 

♕ Queen Elizabeth calls the Tiara “Granny’s Tiara.” The Tiara was a wedding gift from her grandmother Queen Mary in 1947. 

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[thebritishmonarchycouk]

Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara 1893 . This tiara was a wedding present from the ‘Girls of Great Britain and Ireland’ to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, in 1893. It was purchased with money raised by a committee chaired by Lady Eva Greville, who became one of Queen Mary’s ladies-in-waiting. In November 1947 Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth. . 👑 The Queen has worn the tiara regularly throughout her reign and is depicted wearing it on certain issues of British and Commonwealth banknotes and coinage. . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 . . . (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8RbtiAgXOB/?igshid=17dobxsmigsf7

[mayofteck]

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

A committee of women, led by Lady Eva Greville raised money for the tiara as a wedding gift for Mary when she wed George on 6 July 1893. The tiara was purchased in June of 1893 from Garrard.

The tiara frame was silver and gold with diamonds set in the festoons and fleur-de-lis design. Orginally, fourteen pearls rested on top of the tiara but Queen Mary took those off to be used in her Lover’s Knot tiara in 1913. The tiara came with a second frame, allowing the piece to be worn as a coronet. The tiara could also be taken entirely off it’s frame and worn as a necklace (so diverse!)

The tiara quickly became one of Queen Mary’s favorite tiara’s, one she wore often. She gifted it to her granddaughter, then Princess Elizabeth as a wedding gift.

[theroyalhistory]

Viscountess Helmsley (born Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville, later Countess of Feversham) with daughter Lady Mary Diana Duncombe (later Worthington), 1906 

[thewomenofwindsor]

Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration

Royal Collection Trust

This tiara was a wedding present from the ‘Girls of Great Britain and Ireland’ to the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, in 1893. It was purchased with money raised by a committee chaired by Lady Eva Greville, who became one of Queen Mary’s ladies-in-waiting.  In November 1947 Queen Mary gave the tiara as a wedding present to her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth.  The Queen has worn the tiara regularly throughout her reign and is depicted wearing it on certain issues of British and Commonwealth banknotes and coinage.

[katiecallahanandco]

Often times, things of great beauty have storied pasts. Today's #TiaraTuesday focus sure does. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland, arguably the current Queen's favorite tiara and one she affectionately still calls "Grannie's Tiara" (we'll explain that in a minute), had quite a start in life. * It originally belonged to Elizabeth's grandmother (hence her affectionate moniker for it), Queen Mary. Mary was clearly destined to be Queen, for she was not once to a future monarch, but twice. First engaged to Prince Albert Victor, sadly, just a few weeks after the engagement was announced, the Prince died of the flu. What's a former future princess to do? Win the heart of the new successor to the throne, it would seem. Prince George, the younger brother to Albert, was in love with his cousin Princess Marie. But Marie turned him down for the Crown Prince of Romania (hello, awkward love triangle). So he turned to May (as she was known then), the jilted fiancé of his deceased brother. * So now that we had a happy union and a royal wedding in the works once again, Lady Eva Greville (not the same Lady Greville as the heiress who gifted so many jewels to the Queen Mother) formed a committee of women (the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland) and raised funds to purchase a tiara for the soon to be bride as a wedding gift. When purchased from court jeweler Garrard, the tiara originally had pearl finials at the top (see image collage #2). But Mary, in true Mary fashion, decided to rework the tiara in 1914, replacing the pearls (which went into her new Lover's Knot Tiara) with 13 collet set diamonds taken from the dismantled Surrey Fringe Tiara). She also had the base of the tiara removed so she could use it as a separate headband (images 3 and 4 show the tiara with and without the base). * When she gifted the set to the current Queen as a wedding present, Elizabeth wasn't aware that the base was a part of the tiara, realizing it only years later and then reuniting the two and wearing them together ever since. We do so love a happy ending. :-) * #BritishRoyals #Tiara #JewelryForYourHead (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpjpROrn4JC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8j23rktx5hbm