The young King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth is wearing the same tiara that the Duchess of Cambridge wore on her wedding day. |
The "fairy princess" photos of the Queen Mother, by Cecil Beaton. She is wearing the diamond fringe tiara of Queen Mary. |
By Cecil Beaton. |
The Queen wearing what one critic called an awful spike tiara. |
The Queen Mother wearing the diamond and pearl necklace of Queen Alexandra, and the De Beers diamond tiara. |
Fairy Princess Elizabeth. She was apparently a very unyielding lady, and never softened her harsh attitude to Diana, Princess of Wales, or to Sarah, Duchess of York. |