After the official divorce from the Crown Prince of Windsor, Prince Charles in August 1996, Diana Spencer lost all of her hierarchy except for the position of “Princess of Wales” for being the mother of royal heirs to the British royal family Prince William and Prince Harry, and Diana also received a large sum of 17 million pounds from Prince Charles After the divorce, plus an annual salary of £ 400,000.
Diana was allowed to stay in Kensington Palace and she also has rights to many precious stones except for only one crown, the “Cambridge Louvre Necklace Crown.” So what is the story of this crown?
Left, Princess Augusta of Hesse Castle or Duchess of Cambridge–
According to Vogue magazine, this crown is a distinctive accessory in the British royal family, indicating social standing, and is by far one of the many royal crowns that are most distinctive and the most to be seen in the public after the crown of Queen Elizabeth.
But the surprise is that the crown that we see today is an exact copy of the crown that bore the same name and design, not the real crown.
The crown was designed in 1913, as Queen Mary requested that it be designed as an exact replica of the original crown owned by her grandmother, Princess Augusta, which is believed to be present in a private, unknown jewelry collection.
Photograph of, a replica of the crown from 1913.–
The real “Lover’s Knot” was created as a gift for Princess Augusta Hessin Castle or the Duchess of Cambridge on the day of the marriage of “Chiodolphus” or the Duke of Cambridge in 1818, as there is in historical records this crown described as a neo-Gothic design “ecclesiastical” A revival of Gothic art.
This was common in that era as it had an important feature that dazzled many people, which is that it is studded with a group of 38 large pearls, of which 19 are on the top of the crown and 19 other beads hanging from the arch of the crown, this design still bears traces of love and honesty, and an endless image Before the real crown was transferred to the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Diana wears the royal crown–
For this model crown after the death of Queen Mary, it was transferred to Queen Elizabeth II, and this crown was given many times before, in 1981, it was sent to Diana, Princess of Wales, as you all know but it came back after her divorce scandal and then the crown reappeared once Another eye is in front of Kate Middleton’s marriage to Prince William.
The princess wore it at the reception of foreign visitors held at Buckingham Palace itself, and news about this crown flew again, when several British journalists shared the same news that Megan Markle did not have a chance to wear the famous crown at the wedding ceremony.
Several royal experts and critics concluded this. From the stats of those who wore a replica of the lover’s knot crown are all the women who have a chance to become Queen of the Commonwealth such as Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge.
Queen Elizabeth II, left, center, Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, right, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge.–
Nevertheless, this crown will be the property of the future Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, and of course at this time the real crown, created in 1818, was sold at auction, held in Geneva Switzerland in 1981, for a value of 280 thousand Swiss francs.
Diana says of the crown in an interview, “Every time I have to wear this imitation tiara of an event, it becomes very narrow and gives a lot of headaches due to the weight of the pearls and the many decorative diamonds.”
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