Queen Silvia of Sweden, 1987 (photo)

Queen Silvia of Sweden. Wife of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. Pictured 1987 at the Nobel dinner wearing Queen Sophias tiara. Older sources say that Queen Sophia, the wife of Oscar II and until Queen Silvia overtook her in 2011 the longest-serving consort in Swedish history had it made from a number of loose diamonds in her possession, but as the late art historian Görane Alm, who was for many years head of the Bernadotte Library, was the first to point out it appears in the inventory of King Carl XVs possessions drawn up after his death in 1872 but is listed among the entailed property of the sovereign. Based on this, Görane put forward the theory that it had been created for Carl XVs sister-in-law Sophia from a jewelled comb that was already part of King Carl XIV Johans entailed jewellery foundation. As such, it belongs to successive monarchs, but in 1923, King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria gave it to their daughter-in-law Louise when she married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. Unlike many other tiaras, this one has a rigid frame, which means that it cannot be adapted to the size or shape of the head of the lady who wears it. It seems to have suited both Queen Louise and Queen Silvia, who both made frequent use of it