{"id":213538,"date":"2026-04-29T02:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213538\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:28:52","slug":"why-queen-camilla-did-not-wear-a-tiara-at-the-white-house-state-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213538\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Queen Camilla Did Not Wear a Tiara at the White House State Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>2 min read<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1r5mo5b emevuu60\">Queen Camilla chose a striking outfit for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71156258\/king-charles-queen-camilla-white-house-state-dinner-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71156258\/king-charles-queen-camilla-white-house-state-dinner-photos\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"White House State Dinner\" data-node-id=\"0.1\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">White House State Dinner<\/a> this evening, complete with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71087844\/queen-camilla-jewelry-outfit-white-house-state-dinner-2026-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71087844\/queen-camilla-jewelry-outfit-white-house-state-dinner-2026-photos\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"glittering royal heirloom necklace\" data-node-id=\"0.3\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">glittering royal heirloom necklace<\/a>. However, there was one piece of jewelry missing that royal watchers may have been looking out for\u2014a tiara.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Camilla did not wear a tiara tonight, in a move that is a departure from Queen Elizabeth\u2019s choice of dress for her four State Visits to the U.S. There was no explanation offered from Buckingham Palace about the reason for this choice. However, if Camilla had chosen to wear one, unlike at UK State Banquets where all the senior royals wear tiara, she would likely have been the only person there tonight in a tiara.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"King Charles III And Queen Camilla State Visit Continues In Washington DC\" title=\"King Charles III And Queen Camilla State Visit Continues In Washington DC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5659\" height=\"3773\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/63bed351-f449-4c64-8430-958532bf432f.jpeg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/>Anna Moneymaker\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla and King Charles ahead of the dinner.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"King Charles III And Queen Camilla State Visit Continues In Washington DC\" title=\"King Charles III And Queen Camilla State Visit Continues In Washington DC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3334\" height=\"5000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/471bd034-f531-4b91-aec6-c7af88494ee2.jpeg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/>Samir Hussein\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The royal couple inside the White House.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When Queen Elizabeth made the last State Visit by a British monarch to the U.S in 2007, she wore her favored Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara for a White House dinner in her honor. In 1991 she wore a sapphire Tiara often referred to as the Belgian Sapphire Tiara, in 1976 she wore a Kokoshnik tiara once owned by Queen Alexandra, and in 1957, she wore the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth\u2019s White House Tiaras:<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/312d4d8a-1ad7-4110-8c86-94c6678312b1.jpeg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II USA Tour Day Five\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth II USA Tour Day Five\" width=\"2336\" height=\"3504\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">2007<\/p>\n<p>Tim Graham\/\/Getty Images<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b782d845-ca52-4a11-a2f3-3f470feb55ca.jpeg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II Speaks At A State Dinner\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth II Speaks At A State Dinner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">1991<\/p>\n<p>Consolidated News Pictures\/\/Getty Images<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ca4313a9-e3bf-4f83-bf90-2c85c790c310.jpeg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Speaking\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth Speaking\" width=\"3654\" height=\"2440\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">1976<\/p>\n<p>Wally McNamee\/\/Getty Images<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/21e07040-8251-4ed1-9c17-5392821c4618.jpeg\" alt=\"Queen And President\" title=\"Queen And President\" width=\"3894\" height=\"3126\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">1957<\/p>\n<p>Keystone\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">While Queen Elizabeth always wore a tiara to White House state dinners, it is worth remembering that while Camilla is also a Queen, her position is different. Camilla is not a sovereign Queen; her husband King Charles is the one who is head of state.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">On her arrival in to the U.S. on Monday, Camilla used a piece of her jewelry to pay tribute to her hosts, in a move that is often described as \u201cdiplomatic dressing&#8221; she chose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71140548\/queen-camilla-arrival-fashion-us-state-visit-washington-dc-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71140548\/queen-camilla-arrival-fashion-us-state-visit-washington-dc-2026\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Cartier brooch with the Union flag and Stars and Stripes\" data-node-id=\"8.1\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cartier brooch with the Union flag and Stars and Stripes<\/a> on it which was given to Queen Elizabeth on her 1957 State Visit.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777429732_302_c7fd6b56-1588-4376-a2a2-83eb5f9c43ec_1542771764.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Victoria Murphy\" title=\"Headshot of Victoria Murphy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Town &amp; Country Contributing Editor Victoria Murphy has reported on the British Royal Family since 2010. She has interviewed Prince Harry and has travelled the world covering several royal tours. She is a frequent contributor to Good Morning America. Victoria authored Town &amp; Country book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Town-Country-Queen-Life-Pictures\/dp\/1950785092\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Queen: A Life in Pictures<\/a>, released in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Queen Camilla chose a striking outfit for a White House State Dinner this evening, complete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[50893,50892,567,84261,569,83931,568,9,24,63,122,124,123,57826,84260,50891],"class_list":["post-213538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-collection-jewelry","tag-collection-royal-family-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-d56f6bd9-35d0-4f62-848e-5a27cf35afb0","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-read_time-3","tag-shorttitle-queen-camilla-did-not-wear-a-tiara-at-white-house","tag-subsection-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}