The Duchess of Cambridge gave a nod to royal history by wearing the Queen Mother's fan-motif tiara at the state banquet for China's president on Tuesday night.
The tiara has now adorned the heads of members of the Royal Family from four generations.
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Also known as the Lotus Flower, it was originally a necklace given as a wedding present in 1923 to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, by her husband, the future George VI.
Garrard of Mayfair, the then Crown Jeweller, turned it into a tiara. The Queen Mother brought some 1920s flair to the piece by wearing it across her forehead in a bandeau style.