It was commissioned alongside a matching tiara by Queen Nazli, the wife of Egypt’s King Fuad I, for their daughter Fawzia’s wedding in 1939.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2026
Gal Gadot aside, the most prominent version of Wonder Woman etched in our collective cultural memory—the one from the classic comic strips and the TV series starring Lynda Carter—features her pointed tiara with a central red star.
Also in the chest were the Earl and Countess’ coronets, small crowns worn by the nobility for the ceremonial occasion of a monarch’s ascension to their throne, which are shaped to include decorative elements which indicate the rank of the peer wearing them.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
This past July, she was seen wearing the coronet again during a State Banquet where France chose to attend for the first time in 17 years.
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