Perhaps the most unusual tiara among the Windsor wedding collection is the one worn by Sophie Rhys-Jones when she wed Prince Edward on June 19, 1999 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Although it's now a go-to piece for the Countess of Wessex, no one had seen it before her big day and even now, no one is completely sure where all those diamonds came from.
We do know that the gem-encrusted scroll work pieces originated in the Queen's collection but that's a mighty big set of stones to pick from. A popular theory is that the diamonds in Sophie's tiara were once part of the set of jewels made for Queen Victoria's regal circlet, which would make this a very royal wedding tiara, indeed.
Whatever their beginnings, they were fashioned into a tiara for Sophie by royal jewelers, Asprey and Garrard (now Garrard and Co) and the finished piece consists of a set of diamond ornaments brought together in a traditional diadem design. This piece is as original and stylish as the bride who wore it.