On the morning of her wedding to the dashing Philip Mountbatten in 1947, the then Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, suffered what we would call today a ‘wardrobe malfunction’. As she revealed to the Duchess of Cambridge in 2018 while touring an exhibition of Kate's 2011 wedding dress, Her Majesty was unaware that her tiara was also a necklace, and accidentally touched the clasp. Luckily, royal jeweller Garrard was on hand to fix it, with the Queen adding ‘I think he taped up the spring’. The Queen Mother, reportedly, remained calm as ever, saying: ‘We have two hours and there are other tiaras.’ Celebrate King Charles III's 77th birthday in 77 glorious photographs – long may he reign! By Sinah Bruckner Read More

The tiara in question was the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara,

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