Today marks the 95th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, who passed away on this day in 1931! The reserved Princess Royal who married a Scottish Duke and was the sister of King George V and Queen Maud of Norway, Princess Louise possessed a splendid Jewellery Collection, which included the iconic Fife Diamond Fringe Tiara!

When Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra), married the 6th Earl (and 1st Duke) of Fife in 1889, she received this stunning Diamond Fringe Tiara, “of alternating and graduating rays, varying from nearly two inches long in the centre to half an inch at the extreme ends” as a Wedding Gift from her parents.

Princess Louise usually wore the Diamond Fringe as a Necklace with her Fife Tiara, like at the Wedding of her brother, the Duke of York, and Princess May of Teck in 1893.

Princess Louise also wore the Diamond Fringe as a Necklace with her Diamond Floral Tiara at the Wedding of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and her cousin, Princess Margaret of Connaught, at Windsor Castle in 1905.

Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife was only pictured wearing the Fringe Tiara for an Official Portrait at some point in the 1910s, and retained it until her death in 1931.

The Fringe Tiara was among the jewels inherited by Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife and Princess Arthur of Connaught who already owned a Diamond Fringe Tiara inherited from her mother-in-law, the Duchess of Connaught but seems to have worn the Fife Fringe Tiara at the Wedding Ball of her niece, Princess Ingrid of Sweden, and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in 1935.

The Duchess of Fife seems to have loaned the Fife Fringe Tiara to her sister-in-law, Lady Patricia Ramsay, for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Judging by the shape of the elements, it appears it was the Fife Fringe, not the Connaught Fringe, which belonged to her late mother.

It does appear like the Connaught Fringe Tiara but could be the Fife Fringe was worn by the Hon. Caroline Dewar when she married Lord Carnegie, nephew and heir of Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, who became the 3rd Duke of Fife.

While the Connaught Fringe was auctioned after the Duchess of Fife’s death in 1959, the Fife Fringe was inherited by her successor, the 3rd Duke of Fife, and still remains with the family. It is currently on long-term display with the Fife Tiara and Queen Victoria’s Emerald Tiara at Kensington Palace.

In 2020, for the Wedding of the Earl of Southesk, Heir to the Dukedom, and Camille Ascoli in France, the Fife Fringe Tiara was taken off display at Kensington Palace, being taken out again in 2021, for their Wedding at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, which was told to us on a visit to see the Tiara at Kensington Palace in 2022.

Last year, the Fife Fringe Tiara was taken off display at Kensington Palace for two occasions, first being worn by Tilly St Aubyn for her Wedding to Lord George Carnegie in June 2025.

A few months later, Kate Morgan wore the Fife Fringe Tiara for her Wedding to Lord Hugh Carnegie in August 2025, following which it has returned to Kensington Palace, but there is no doubt it will be worn for years to come!

Fife Tiara

Fife Fringe Tiara

Diamond Floral Tiara

Fife Tiara

Fife Fringe Tiara

Connaught Fringe Tiara

Diamond Earrings

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Chain

Diamond Tiara

Honeysuckle Tiara

Fringe Tiara

Connaught Diamond Bow Brooch

Connaught Pearl Brooch

Maple Leaf Brooch

Art Deco Diamond Brooch