“It was never a royal tiara,” the royal jewelry expert toldMarie Claire.

“My aunts asked if Meg would like to wear my mother’s.

We were both touched.

Side by side of Kate Middleton smiling at her wedding (2011) and Meghan Markle smiling at her wedding (2018)

Meghan ultimately went with a different headpiece, likely missing her one chance to don Diana’s wedding tiara.

For instance,Kate Middleton wore a tiara at a royal wedding in Jordanback in 2023.

Princess Diana wearing the Spencer Tiara at a state banquet in Bahrain (1986)