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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 conquest of the Punjab. Originally 191 carats (38 g) and set in an armlet, it was cut down to an oval brilliant weighing 105 carats (21 g), which Victoria mounted in a brooch and circlet. [ 111 ]
As such, when she left Paris for Vienna after Napoleon's exile, she took the diadem and its associated jewelry pieces with her, where the crown jewels were left behind. The diadem was designed by Marie-Étienne Nitot , the official court jeweler of Emperor Napoleon, and produced by his company in Paris, The House of Chaumet .
The surviving French Crown Jewels, principally a set of historic crowns, diadems and parures, are mainly on display in the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre, France's premier museum and former royal palace, together with the Regent Diamond, the Sancy Diamond and the 105-carat (21.0 g) Côte-de-Bretagne red spinel, carved into the form of a dragon.
The Portuguese Crown Jewels were the pieces of jewelry, regalia, and vestments worn by the monarchs of Portugal during the time of the Portuguese Monarchy. Over the nine centuries of Portuguese history, the Portuguese Crown Jewels have lost and gained many pieces.
The Diamond Crown of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Диамантена Корона на България) was a part of the Bulgarian royal regalia (along with the Sceptres of Ferdinand I and Boris III), that existed during the Bulgarian monarchy from 1878 to 1946.
The Royal Family's fashion and jewelry choices at Saturday's ... it would be impossible to ignore Queen Camilla's crown which was designed for Mary to wear at George V’s coronation in 1911 ...