The Spencer Tiara hasn't been publicly worn since Diana's death in 1997 Maria Mercedes Lara is the Senior Director of Digital Content Operations for PEOPLE. She has over 15 years of experience ...

The Spencer Tiara goes all the way back to 1919. Back in 1981, Princess Diana's wedding dress inspired an entire generation of bridal gowns, but it was nearly impossible to steal the spotlight ...

Neither Kate Middleton nor Meghan Markle has worn the Spencer Tiara, the sparkling headpiece that their late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, donned when she married the future King Charles ...

but neither wore their family’s famous Spencer family tiara, which Diana wore so stunningly at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles. Will Eliza be the one to wear the iconic heirloom? We’ll have ...

Instead of the Spencer tiara, Kate wore the Cartier Halo tiara, lent to Kate by Queen Elizabeth, comprised of 739 brilliant-cut diamonds and 149 baguette diamonds. Meghan Markle also didn’t wear ...