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Cullinan V is an 18.8-carat (3.76 g) heart-shaped diamond set in the centre of a platinum brooch that formed a part of the stomacher made for Queen Mary to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. The brooch was designed to show off Cullinan V and is pavé-set with a border of smaller diamonds.
The 94.4-carat pear-shaped Cullinan III and the 63.6-carat square-cut Cullinan IV were originally set into Queen Mary's coronation crown (which also held the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond).
The Cullinan VI stone (11.5 carats) was bought for Queen Alexandra by Edward VII in 1908. [103] Since Queen Mary inherited it, it has been worn as a pendant to the Cullinan VIII brooch (6.8 carats). [ 103 ]
The gold clasps holding it can be opened and the stone removed to be worn as a pendant hanging from Cullinan II, which is set in the Imperial State Crown, to form a brooch – Queen Mary often wore it like this. [105] Above the pear-shaped diamond is the amethyst surmounted by a cross pattée encrusted with an emerald and small diamonds. [192]
As the royal jewels are in the news, so are renewed calls to return the diamonds to their countries of origin.
The Tudor Crown had more pearls and jewels than its medieval predecessor, and the centre petals of each of the fleurs-de-lis had images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and St George. [6] The crown weighed 2.8 kg (7 lb 6 oz troy) and was set with 168 pearls, 58 rubies, 28 diamonds, 19 sapphires, and 2 emeralds.
Queen Elizabeth II has finally been laid to rest, and she's in good company, as she was interred next to her husband, Prince Philip, and near her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The ...
[103] [121] The Queen then was crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury using Queen Mary's Crown. [103] Camilla then was presented with the Queen Consort's Sceptre with Cross and the Queen Consort's Rod with Dove (which, unlike other queens consort, she chose not to carry), before sitting on her own throne (originally made for Queen Elizabeth ...