The Norwegian Royal Family is hosting an official state visit from King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium this week, and both queens wore tiaras with fascinating stories behind them at a state dinner on March 24.
Queen Sonja of Norway dazzled in a pale pink pleated gown with a silver lace overlay, wearing a copy of a tiara that’s sadly disappeared. Queen Maud’s Pearl Tiara actually has ties to the British Royal Family, as it was given to Maud—the daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra—by her parents when she married into the Danish royal family in 1896. Maud and her husband, Prince Carl, were then made the King and Queen of Norway in 1905.
