Coronation Gala in London, 1937

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (likely in the Teck Turquoise Tiara) and the Duke and Duchess of Kent (wearing the Cambridge Sapphire Parure) joined the Royal Guests in London for the Coronation of King George VI for a Gala and Ball held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on this day in 1937 (85 years ago), which included Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (wearing the Vasa Tiara), Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (wearing Queen Sofia’s 9-Prong Tiara and Queen Josefina’s Diamond Stomacher), Crown Princess Juliana (in the Dutch Sapphire Tiara) and Prince Bernhard of the NetherlandsCrown Prince Michael of Romania, Prince Regent Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (wearing her Diamond Kokoshnik Tiara), Prince and Princess Chichibu of Japan, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse (wearing the Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara), and Prince George and Princess Eugenie of Greece (wearing a Cartier Diamond Tiara).

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