Denmark’s Queen Margrethe has several historic tiaras in her own collection including one that links her to many parts of her royal history. This sparkling all diamond diadem is one of her favourites and she’s chosen it for several romantic events.
The Baden Palmette Tiara has several diamond palmette motifs, with smaller diamond flowers and a repeating diamond base.
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The then-King Wilhelm I of Prussia gave the tiara as a wedding gift to his daughter, Princess Louise, in 1856. As Grand Duchess, Louise wore the tiara often. In addition to portraits, she also wore the Baden Palmette Tiara when her daughter married and became Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, later Queen Victoria of Sweden.
Queen Victoria left the palmette tiara to her daughter who would become Queen Ingrid of Denmark. Neither Victoria nor Ingrid were photographed in the tiara, but it has remained in the Danish Royal Family since Ingrid inherited it.
Princess Margrethe began wearing the tiara early in her royal “career”, including to a London gala in 1966. Notably, she wore the Baden Palmette Tiara to her own wedding gala.
Queen Margrethe inherited the tiara when her mother passed away in 2000 and has continued to wear it. It has been her go-to tiara for several weddings, including Crown Prince Haakon of Norway’s 2001 wedding and Princess Martha Louise of Norway’s 2002 wedding. She also wore it when her younger son, Prince Joachim, married for a second time in 2008.
