--- title: Kate Middleton Wears Princess Diana's Tiara at State Banquet description: Kate Middleton paid tribute to Princess Diana by wearing her tiara at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace to honor Spain's king and queen. canonical: https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-13T15:06:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:21.528Z og:title: Here's How Kate Middleton Paid Tribute to Princess Diana og:description: A beautiful homage og:url: https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb286cd6d8cdd27/6988d58622fb85d662e21f27/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: State Visit Of The King And Queen Of Spain - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Kate Middleton Paid Tribute to Princess Diana twitter:description: A beautiful homage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb286cd6d8cdd27/6988d58622fb85d662e21f27/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Kate Middleton Paid Tribute to Princess Diana at a State Banquet  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 13, 2017 3:06 PM UTC  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 12: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on day 1 of the Spanish State Visit on July 12, 2017 in London, England. This is the first state visit by the current King Felipe and Queen Letizia, the last being in 1986 with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 12: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on day 1 of the Spanish State Visit on July 12, 2017 in London, England. This is the first state visit by the current King Felipe and Queen Letizia, the last being in 1986 with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 13, 2017 3:06 PM UTC As the Duchess of Cambridge and [a fairy tale-esque story](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/01/royal-wedding-hangover-frowning-flower-girl-becomes-internet-sensation/) to her rise to royalty, [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/4765292/kate-middleton-feeds-lamb/) is one of the most beloved figures in the British Royal Family. At a state banquet honoring Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night, however, she paid homage to another beloved royal — Prince William’s mother, [the late Princess Diana](http://time.com/4296741/royal-visit-taj-mahal-princess-diana-prince-william-kate-middleton/). Kate arrived at the banquet wearing a pale pink and lace Marchesa gown, but the crowning highlight of her look was the Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara, which belonged to Princess Diana and which [_E! News_](http://www.eonline.com/news/866513/kate-middleton-channels-princess-diana-again-at-state-banquet) reports was one of the princess’ favorite pieces of jewelry. See Kate’s tribute to Diana below. > [](https://twitter.com/PARoyal/status/885236987451629568) > [](https://twitter.com/PARoyal/status/885225688063774722) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/"},"headline":"Here's How Kate Middleton Paid Tribute to Princess Diana at a State Banquet","datePublished":"2017-07-13T15:06:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:21.528Z","description":"A beautiful homage","url":"https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","fashion","kate middleton","Princess Diana","british royal family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb286cd6d8cdd27/6988d58622fb85d662e21f27/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb286cd6d8cdd27/6988d58622fb85d662e21f27/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"State Visit Of The King And Queen Of Spain - Day 1","caption":"State Visit Of The King And Queen Of Spain - Day 1","creditText":"Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4856485/kate-middleton-wears-princess-diana-tiara/","name":"Here's How Kate Middleton Paid Tribute to Princess Diana at a State Banquet"}}]}] ```