Princess Charlotte is likely to inherit Princess Diana's iconic jewellery collection, according to a royal insider.
As reported by the Daily Star, the late Diana's eldest granddaughter, six-year-old Charlotte, is expected to be first in line to have her "pick of the palace jewels", including the Spencer Tiara that her grandmother wore during her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.
The tiara was also worn by Diana's older sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, at their weddings and currently resides with her youngest brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer.
It was partly made out of a wedding gift given in 1919 from Lady Sarah Spencer to Lady Cynthia Hamilton, Diana's grandmother, for her marriage to Viscount Althorp and other jewels belonging to the Spencer family were also used.
The mother of Prince William and Prince Harry opted to use the Spencer family heirloom rather than borrow one from the Queen's collection, as Meghan Markle did when she married Harry in 2018.
Twenty-five years will have passed in August since Diana's death following a Paris car crash and Charlotte is the elder of her two granddaughters - the other being the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.
According to GoodToKnow magazine, the palace source claimed: “William is quite aware the Earl has daughters of his own, but the two have agreed that Diana’s iconic piece belongs to her first granddaughter.”
Another royal insider told Australian magazine New Idea that Charlotte knows about the tiara through learning about her grandmother and cannot wait to try it on one day.
They said: "Lottie knows all about her 'Granny Diana' - after all, Diana is one of her middle names. She's also seen pictures of her wearing the tiara."
Tradition dictates that brides wait until their wedding day before first wearing the piece, however, so Charlotte may have to wait a while before she can try on the tiara.
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