When I was about 8 or 10 years old, I discovered this silver plate tiara in an old store.
It was a store my family owned and there was an office/balcony area with old storage shelves that were no longer used. I was there with my dad and he was working on the receipts for the day at a desk after the store was closed.
I, being bored, went exploring, looking around in an area that no one ever went into. I saw something shiny in the back corner of a shelving unit.
I fished it out and took it to show my Dad. It was pretty tarnished; almost black. "Where did you find that?" Dad asked. He had never seen it before and had no idea it had been there for who knows how long.
I took it home, polished it up and found a patent pending date of 1880 engraved on the inside. I used to play dress-up with it. And somewhere along the way, broke it into two pieces.
Many years later, I found a jeweler who could solder it back together.
I put it away and didn't give it much thought after that. I even forgot about it when my own wedding happened.
But I remembered it again and made a very special crown for someone I love very much. I made the background for the veil and sewed the crown onto it. It isn't exactly perfect, owning to the mend, but it looked stunning on the day.
Especially for someone who shares a common ancestor with Princess Diana: Sir Hugh Despencer the Elder. The name was later shortened to Spencer.
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