The Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara was given to the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium as a wedding gift by the Spanish people.
Fabiola received the tiara from the hands of Carmen Franco, the wife of Francisco Franco, on 5 December 1960. This also happened to be Fabiola’s birthday.
The tiara features diamond strawberry leaves and was likely inspired by the ducal coronets worn by Spanish aristocrats. The tiara was quite versatile, and it could be worn as a coronet, a wreath-style tiara or even a necklace. The stones in the leaves could be worn with aquamarines, emeralds or rubies.
Although she did not wear her new tiara for her wedding, she chose the Nine Provinces Tara for that, but she did wear the Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara for two pre-wedding events.
It became a much-loved piece and Fabiola wore it often, in various settings.
The tiara hasn’t been seen since Fabiola’s death.1
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