Something old, something new, borrowed and blue

KATE Middleton confounded expectations that she would shun the traditional tiara and opt for a head-dress of flowers, stepping out in a sparkling diamond number.

The tiara, the little known 1936 Cartier “halo”, was her “something borrowed” and was loaned to her by the queen — a tradition for royal weddings.

The little known “halo” tiara was made by Cartier in 1936 and bought by the queen’s father, then the Duke of York, for the queen mother, then the Duchess of York, St James’s Palace said.