From the most valuable to the one that’s only been worn once — and the ones that King Charles and Queen Camilla will wear on coronation day — these are the most highly prized crow…
The most important piece in the Crown Jewels and a sacred symbol of the coronation, some version ofToday’s iteration of the $57 million crown was made for Charles II’s coronation in 1661 after the restoration of the monarchy. Made of solid gold, with alternating crosses and fleur de lis and two arches, it weighs nearly five pounds.Queen Elizabeth II complained of the heaviness of the five-pound crown.It’s so heavy that Queen Elizabeth II once said of St.
The Imperial State Crown’s historic gems include a rose-cut sapphire, which sits in a diamond cross at the top of the crown, known as St Edward’s Sapphire. The George IV State Crown contained 12,213 crowns when King George IV wore it — but they were almost all on loan.The monarch was desperate to have a coronation even more spectacular than his Frenchprecious stones.
It’s likely to be seen at some point on the head of Queen Camilla and, one day, the Princess of Wales — Kate Middleton — as it is reserved for sovereigns and Queen Consorts.With a silver base and patterns containing crosses, a diamond rose , a thistle and two shamrocks , it contains 1,332 brilliant cut diamonds and a four-carat rare yellow diamond set in the diadem’s front cross.
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