Princess Diana’s Diamond Tiara Makes First Appearance as Niece's Wedding Crown 21 Years After Her Demise

11Final resting place

People left public offerings of flowers, candles, cards, and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months. Her coffin was draped in the royal flag and was brought from Paris to London by Prince Charles and Diana's two sisters. Her funeral took place on September 6 and she was buried on the same day on an island on the grounds of Althorp Park, the Spencer family home for centuries.

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12Controversy over her death

French judicial investigation concluded that the crash occurred due to driver Paul’s intoxication, over speeding, and effects prescription drugs. Mohamed Al-Fayed, the owner of the Paris Ritz where Paul had worked, publicly stated that the crash had been planned. An inquest finally attributed the death of Diana to negligent driving by Paul and to the pursuing paparazzi, who forced Paul to speed into the tunnel.

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13Diana’s tiara

Everything worn by Princess Diana on her wedding day was exquisite, right from the wedding dress to the tiara on her head. The tiara was stashed away since Diana’s death in 1997. Now the tiara was worn by the daughter of Diana’s eldest sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, as she tied the knot in Lincolnshire.

Been in the Spencer family since the Tudor age, the tiara was made from jewelry pieces collected over years. The central part of the tiara was given as a wedding gift to Diana’s grandmother, Lady Cynthia Hamilton; the topper was given to Lady Cynthia by her husband’s great aunt, Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer.

It was a favorite of Diana as he loved to wear it over the Queen’s baubles and had even declined to wear the tiara offered by the Queen herself on her wedding day, and chose to wear this family heirloom.

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14Niece wears Diana’s tiara as her wedding crown

Celia McCorquodale, daughter of Diana’s elder sister Sarah brought back nostalgia and memories as she wore her aunt’s tiara on her wedding to George Woodhouse at St Andrew and St Mary’s Church in Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire.

This sparked a lot of comparisons with images of Diana in the tiara.

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