Princess Diana chose a very sentimental tiara for her marriage to the Prince of Wales at St. Paul's Cathedral on July 19, 1981. Diana wore the Spencer tiara, a romantic and unusual piece with links to one of the most important women in her family tree.
The tiara is made up of diamonds set in silver and gold, shaped into scrolling foliage and floral emblems. The central section, reminiscent of a heart and filled with star shaped flowers, was a present to Diana's paternal grandmother, Cynthia, for her own wedding in 1919 from a member of the Spencer family. By 1935 it had been put into its present setting, surrounded by more diamonds taken from a tiara passed down through family members over decades.
Diana's older sisters, Sarah and Jane, had already worn the tiara for their own weddings and it has always belonged to the Spencer family even though Diana wore it regularly throughout her time as Princess of Wales. Most recently, Diana's niece, Celia McCorquodale, wore it for her 2018 wedding.