When Edwina married she received three tiaras:
- The first was the diamond star with pearl centres tiara which was
originally the property of her mother-in-law. It was given to her by
Lord Louis Mountbatten and according to a contemporary newsreport was
identified as such by a tag "from Dickie to Edwina". This
tiara is discussed in Diana Scarisbrick's book Tiaras.
- The second was a gift from her father, Col. Wilfrid Ashley described
as a diamond bandeau in the form of swallows in the papers.
- The third was a diamond tiara "with a large diamond in front
and graduated stones all around" from her great-aunt Mrs. Cassel.
This tiara she got later mayby for the occassion of the coronation
in 1937.
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