This Royal’s wedding tiara was the most expensive of all

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There’s no wedding like a royal wedding, so it doesn’t come as a surprise to know that how extravagant the weddings dresses and accessories are.

Meghan Markle recently dethroned Kate Middleton as the royal with the most expensive wedding dress, when she walked down the aisle in her custom Givenchy gown, which reportedly cost £375,000.

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge’s Alexander McQueen dress was priced at a ‘reasonable’ £200,000.

But who won the prize for the most costly wedding day tiara? Kate or Meghan?

Royal wedding tiaras

Neither as it turns out. According to Deborah Papas, gemologist and jewellery expert, Princess Eugenie’s was the most precious, being valued at a cool £10m.

She borrowed the 93.70 cts cabochon emerald tiara, which was hand made by Boucheron in 1919, from her grandmother the Queen.

Papas told the Express, ‘With such strong historical provenance, from Mrs Greville to the Queen Mother, and now the Queen, an elegant jewel such as this would be estimated to fetch in the region of £5-10 million at auction.’

Meghan’s Cartier crown, also part of the Royal collection, an art deco bandeau of diamonds originally made for Queen Mary in 1932, is value at more than £2m.

Last but not least, Kate’s famous scroll tiara from the Queen’s collection. It features 149 baguette-cut diamonds as well as an 739 brilliant cut diamonds, and is estimated at £750k to £1.2m.

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.