Tiara Thursday: The Scroll Tiara

UPDATE: This post was updated and rewritten after this tiara was worn by the Duchess of Cambridge on her wedding day. Read the new post here!

Here's another tiara out of the British royal family vaults: the Scroll Tiara. This delicate diamond piece has served as something of a starter tiara for royal ladies throughout the years, beginning with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

The then-Duchess of York acquired the tiara and wore it prior to becoming Queen Consort, at which point her tiara access would have increased. She's said to have given it to her daughter, the Queen (who has never worn it publicly).

Next, the piece was lent to Princess Margaret, and it became a go-to tiara in her early years. She stopped wearing it as her own tiara collection grew, especially after the Queen Mother gave Margaret the papyrus or lotus flower tiara.

And it served the very same purpose for Princess Anne. She last wore the Scroll Tiara publicly in the early 1970s, at which point the Queen had given her the Meander Tiara and she had received the Festoon Tiara as a gift for a ship christening.

So it seems that this tiara has a role to play in the Windsor family: a small (but not too small) all-purpose diadem to fill in at your regular old tiara-wearing appearances until larger, or personally owned, pieces are acquired. If that's the case, it makes sense that we should see it reappear in the years to come. A first tiara for Catherine Middleton or Prince Harry's future wife, perhaps. Or maybe even a shot on the head of Beatrice or Eugenie, who probably won't have many tiara occasions and would logically borrow something for the rare time they do need one (after all, their mother only has one to loan out).

I can't say this one is a favorite of mine (I can't get away from the visual of opposing waves running away from the wearer's head), but it's growing on me. What do you think? And who are you betting will be the first to wear this again?

UPDATE: This post was updated and rewritten after this tiara was worn by the Duchess of Cambridge on her wedding day. Read the new post here!