The Fife Fringe Tiara Sparkles Again on Carnegie Family Brides

A classic diamond fringe tiara, originally a wedding gift from a King and Queen to their eldest daughter, now sparkles in a museum—and, occasionally, on family brides

When tiaras are displayed in museum, that often spells the end of their use as a wearable ornament. But one of the tiaras on display at Kensington Palace is still sparkling on brides today when they marry the descendants of King Edward VII’s eldest daughter, Princess Louise.

The empty spot in the Jewel Room at Kensington Palace where the Fife Fringe Tiara is usually displayed, taken in June 2025 (Photo © Marlene Eilers Koenig)

Visitors to Kensington Palace in recent days and weeks have been surprised to find that there are two tiaras, not three, on display in the palace’s noted Jewel Room.

The room usually features a trio of royal tiaras exhibited in an enclosed case in the center of the room, allowing viewers to experience a 360-degree view of three special tiaras that belonged to members of the Carnegie family, a line descending from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra’s eldest daughter, Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife.

The largest of the tiaras—the magnificent diamond and emerald tiara and parure designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria, and the incredible Fife Tiara, an Oscar Massin design given to Princess Louise by the Duke of Fife as a wedding present—are still in their usual places in the display case, but a third tiara on loan from the Carnegies, a classic diamond fringe, is nowhere to be found.