When taking stock of the queen's jewelry before, everyone also noticed that the queen has a lot of very luxurious headdresses, and as a monarch, the crown is of course indispensable. Usually when it comes to crowns, the words "crown" and "tiara" are used in English, but these two words do not refer to the same kind of things, and it can even be said that they are very different.
Today, I will take the Queen of England as an example to talk about the difference between Crown and Tiara.
Let's start with "crown", a word that is accurately said to be a crown, and it contains the meaning of power.
The crown has a complete circular base, which is worn around the entire head, and is equally delicate on the front or back, no matter which angle you look at. Moreover, the crown is generally worn by people like the king and queen, so it will be very gorgeous and expensive. In terms of wearing occasions, the crown is worn on major occasions at the national level, representing royal power and majesty, and this meaning is serious.
One of the Queen's Crowns, the Crown of St. Edward
The Queen's "Imperial Crown" is generally worn at the opening ceremony of the British Parliament, about once a year, which can be said to be very grand and precious. It is also very gorgeous, containing a 105-carat Indian Quenor diamond, and the entire crown has about 2800 diamonds, 273 pearls, and 33 colored gemstones (including rubies, sapphires and emeralds).
The front and back of the crown
This crown belongs to the royal jewelry and is not the queen's private property, so it is not usually by the queen's side, but is kept on the Tower of London. Every year, on the eve of the opening ceremony of Parliament, the crown is transported by the crew of the barge dedicated to the Queen through the Thames River, and then by the special personnel of the Parliament, transported to the designated place, and then put on the crown when the Queen changes into the corresponding dress.
They look like they are very tired in their necks
Turning to tiara, the word is generally called crown or headdress, not crown. So first of all, on occasion, tiara is not as grand as crown. In terms of shape, the two are also different, tiara size is many, generally there is no complete round base, and like the modern hair band that is semi-circular, the decorative focus is on the front.
Crown of "Daughter of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
Compared with the crown, which is only worn by the monarch and has the meaning of royal power, tiara is relatively more "commoner", more as an ornament, whether it is a royal nobleman, or a commoner, you can wear tiara, which is a beautiful headdress. Like in our daily life, the bride wears a wedding dress with a crown, and the champion headdress in a beauty contest, these are tiara.
Pictured above is one of the Queen's crowns, said to be one of her favorite headdresses, made in 1893 by royal jeweler Garrard for the wedding of Queen Mary (now the Queen's grandmother), which has been passed down through the Queen's hands ever since.
The Queen of Youth~
The head of the Queen on the old £5 bill is wearing this crown~
Another example is this delicate Burmese ruby crown:
This one is also one of the Queen's favourite ruby headdresses, the Burmese ruby on top of which was given to the Queen by 1 Hyderabad monarch Nizam, and was later made in 1973 by royal jeweller Garrard. It's really beautiful.
In addition, because the two have different meanings, crown royal power has a heavier meaning and is worn by the monarch, so both the emperor and the queen, men and women can wear crown; and tiara is more inclined to jewelry, so most of the time only women will wear it
Now do you understand the difference between the two crowns?