Yaryna’s 10 Least Favorite Tiaras
10. The Aquamarine Pinecone Tiara
If I were to receive this as a gift, I’d politely thank whoever gave it to me and promptly break it apart.
9. The Burmese Ruby Tiara
I hate this tiara not only because it looks like Liz is wearing five crabs, but because the Nizam of Hyderabad was destroyed to make this. I will never forgive Liz for that.
8. The Four Button Tiara
At least it’s all diamond buttons? The extra diamond strand that sometimes appears on the bottom doesn’t help make this look any less like a jeep.
7. The Ruby and Diamond Aigrette
The positives about this are: the historic value (I’ll have a post up on this tiara as part of my Norway’s tiaras series in a few days) and the fact that Princess Astrid is its wearer and she can pull it off. And even then it still looks like a pair of antennae.
6. The Norwegian Gold Bandeau
This tiara is just...special. Read more about it here.
5. Mikimoto Jeux de Rubans Tiara.
Note to all tiara designers and potential future tiara designers: please have a lesbian on your approvals team. Because if you don’t, you get a tiara that has a clitoris.
4. The Linley Beechwood Tiara
It looks like it was made from human skin. Buffalo Bill is exactly who I want to feel like when I’m wearing a tiara. No thank you.
3. Queen Margrethe’s Golden Poppies
I swear, Daisy was drunk when she commissioned this...uh, thing I refuse to call a tiara. It’s bad. It’s so bad.
2. Princess Madeleine’s 18th Birthday Tiara (The Swedish Aquamarine Bandeau)
Carl Gustaf and Silvia are ABSOLUTE CRAP at giving their daughters 18th birthday tiaras. The first example of this is Madeleine’s 18th birthday cyclops. It is literally an aquamarine in a silver/gold frame. THAT’S IT. But Madeleine got lucky compared to her sister...
1. Crown Princess Victoria’s 18th Birthday Tiara
Dear Carl Gustaf and Silvia: Why, of all the possible tiaras to give your oldest child and heir, the future Queen of Sweden, Godmother of Europe, beloved of everyone she meets, a set of poorly designed paperclips and sequins that’s masquerading as a tiara? Seriously. Victoria received a tiara that looks more at home on the head of a member of the homecoming court than on a future monarch. Victoria truly got the short end of the stick. Thank god she hasn’t worn it for 10 years. I hope this isn’t passed down to Estelle - or anyone.











