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Olivia Henson wore the **Fabergé Myrtle Leaf Tiara** for her wedding to Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, at Chester Cathedral.
This tiara is a piece of family history, commissioned in 1906 for the wedding of Lord Hugh Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Crichton.
The diamond-set tiara is composed of two sprays of myrtle leaves and berries, with stalks of engraved red gold, and leaves in a rubbed-over silver setting.
The myrtle leaves are sacred to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, making the tiara a fitting choice for the bride.
The bespoke embroidery design on Olivia's bridal gown and veil incorporates floral motifs and edgings from her great-great-grandmother's veil from around 1880.
The tiara has been worn by several Grosvenor women, including Sally Perry in 1945, Viola Lyttelton in 1946, and Lady Tamara Grosvenor in 2004.
The tiara was crafted by Albert Holmstrom, the son of Fabergé’s chief jeweller, who also crafted some of the firm’s most iconic imperial Easter eggs.
The choice of Fabergé is apt, considering the heritage of Olivia’s soon-to-be mother-in-law, Natalia Grosvenor, who can trace her family tree back to the Russian aristocracy.
Fabergé was founded in Saint Petersburg in 1842 and designed the legendary Fabergé eggs for the emperors of Russia.
The quality of the craftsmanship and their links to the Romanov family mean these eggs can sell for as much as $9.
6 million.