Queen Elizabeth II Had A Major Wardrobe Malfunction On Her Wedding Day

For centuries some brides in certain English-speaking countries, including the United Kingdom and the U.S., have incorporated things from an old rhyme into their wedding-day attire: "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue," according to Reader's Digest. For Princess Elizabeth, the "something borrowed" was a bit of jewelry belonging to her mother, Elizabeth (who would later be given the title the Queen Mother when her daughter ascended the throne). In fact, that bit of jewelry originally belonged to Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary, having commissioned it in 1919, according to Vogue.

This was no ordinary piece of jewelry, however. It was the Fringe Tiara — which could double as a necklace — and consisted of diamonds set in gold and silver.

Unfortunately, a couple of hours before the ceremony, Elizabeth was trying to put it on when it malfunctioned. "The catch, which I didn't know existed, it suddenly went. And I didn't know it was a necklace, you see ... I thought I'd broken it... I was rather alarmed," she later said, via Hello! Magazine, in her typical Elizabethan way.

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