Cursed Tiara Legends: Royal Jewels & Tragedy

0:00On April 4, royal tiara sparkle with diamonds in history, but a few carry whispers of bad luck tied to tragedy striking their wares. The Hesse Strawberry Leaf tiara, tops the list, designed by Prince Albert in 1861 for his daughter, Princess Alice. Right after, Albert died of typhoid and Alice lost kids to accidents and disease before dying young herself on December 14, 18. 78, the same day as her dad, tragedy followed the tiara through family lines. Alice's son Ernest, lent it to his wife for coronation, but their child died of typhoid and they split. Ernest's second wife's plane crashed in 1937, killing her, her husband, and grandkids, tiara recovered from the wreck. It's now safe in a Hesse Museum. Not all are outright cursed, like the Oriental Circulate, tiara Kate Middleton wore last December 3 at Windsor. Prince Albert made it in 1853 with ovals, but Queen Alexandra swapped them for rubies in 1902 over gem superstitions.

1:02Queen Victoria's will kept it for Queens only, passing from the Queen Mother to Elizabeth. The grand Duchess Vladimir tiara had rough Russian roots. Made for a ramen-off Duchess, she fled the revolution, leaving it behind. Her family smuggled it to England, she died in exile in 1920. Queen Elizabeth loved it, tweaking it for pearls or emeralds, wearing it till near her death in 2022. Then there's the Kauai Nord Diamond, a 105-carried beast in the Queen Mother's Crown for her 1937 coronation. Legend says it dooms men, but spares royal women. Victoria grabbed it in 1849. Claims from India and others, keep it locked in the Tower of London, skipped for Camilla's Crown. Royal still dazzle, curse or no curse. That wraps entertainment in celebrity news today, brought to you with AI.