diadem

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Among them are an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon I gave his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, and a diadem that once belonged to the Empress Eugenie, which is dotted with nearly 2,000 diamonds.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Almost 1 meter in diameter, the vessel entombed a woman in her late 20s with a shining silver diadem on her forehead.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

The initial notes bore a portrait of the queen wearing the family’s diamond diadem.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

This new statue in York has a traditional design - with the Queen in the robes of the Order of the Garter and wearing the George IV diadem.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022

His beard was trimmed impeccably, the golden diadem on his head flashing with every movement.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack