Kate Middleton wears the same Tiara as Princess Diana
The duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton arrived at the Queen's annual
Diplomatic Reception in a chauffeur-driven Bentley with her Husband
Prince Williams, wearing the dazzling diamond and pearl Cambridge
Lover's Knot tiara, once owned by Princess Diana.
The tiara was originally made by
Queen Mary in 1914 to her own design from pearls and diamonds already in
her family's possession.
In her will Queen Mary left the tiara to to the Queen who wore it frequently, including at an evening event in 1955.
It was a copy of one owned by her
grandmother, Princess Augusta of Hesse, who married the first Duke of
Cambridge, seventh son of King George III, in 1818.
In 1981 she gave it as a wedding
present to Prince William's mother, Diana, who wore it for the first
time at the state opening of parliament that November.
Diana also wore the tiara in 1985 on an official visit to Washington with Prince Charles.
Buckingham Palace was unable to
confirm last night whether the tiara had reverted to the Queen on
Diana's death and had now been given to Kate, or whether it was just on
loan for the night
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