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The Delhi Durbar Tiara was made by Garrard & Co. for Queen Mary, the wife of King George V, to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. [11] As the Crown Jewels never leave the country, George V had the Imperial Crown of India made to wear at the Durbar, and Queen Mary wore the tiara.
The Crown of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. While technically not a tiara, The Queen Mother (here, with a very adorable and bored then-Prince Charles) famously donned the same headpiece she ...
While the queen has worn the coordinating earrings with the tiara before, tonight she instead chose to wear a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings that have historically been a favorite of her ...
The crown is decorated with about 2,800 diamonds, most notably the 105-carat (21.0 g) Koh-i-Noor in the middle of the front cross, which was acquired by the East India Company after the Anglo-Sikh Wars and presented to Queen Victoria in 1851, [2] and a 17-carat (3.4 g) Turkish diamond given to her in 1856 by Abdulmejid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, as a gesture of thanks for British support ...
In 1902 the Crown of Queen Alexandra, a European-style crown – flatter and with eight half-arches instead of the typical four – was made for Alexandra of Denmark to wear at her coronation. Set with over 3,000 diamonds, it was the first consort crown to include the Koh-i-Noor diamond presented to Queen Victoria in 1850 following the British ...
The British king and queen dressed up for a dinner where Charles took part in an ancient ceremony with a pearl sword. Queen Camilla Wears One of Queen Elizabeth’s Favorite Tiaras Skip to main ...
In this use, the English coronet is a purely technical term for all heraldic images of crowns not used by a sovereign. A Coronet is another type of crown, but is reserved for the nobility - Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons. The specific design and attributes of the crown or coronet signifies the hierarchy and ranking of its owner.
The Queen had an enormous net worth before her passing, which included a personal collection of jewelry, tiaras, and crowns worth a small fortune. And while there hasn't been any official ...