British Crown Jewels

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The crown is composed of a silver frame, lined with gold, and set with 2,200 diamonds, mainly brilliant-cut, with some rose-cut. The crown has an openwork band, set at the front with a detachable rock crystal replica of the diamond, Cullinan IV, a large cushion-shaped stone, and a frieze of quatrefoils and rosettes, each with a large brilliant in the centre, surrounded by smaller stones, between borders composed of single rows of brilliants. Above the band are four crosses-pattée and four…

Princess Madeleine wears the Connaught Diamond Tiara (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) Delicate, antique, and sentimental: the diamond drop tiara of the Swedish royal family has to be one of the most lovely tiaras in a royal collection today. The tiara came to Sweden in 1905 with the country’s new princess, Margaret of Connaught, and has been worn by women in each generation since. Image: The Grand Ladies Site Margaret received the tiara as a wedding present from her parents, the…

Queen Elizabeth II, wearing Queen Alexandra's diamond kokoshnick tiara & amethysts.

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Baroness Bruntisfield wearing the Bruntisfield Tiara, United Kingdom (pearls…

Her Majesty’s necklace collection is among the finest in the world - and she is rarely seen without diamonds or gemstones decorating her decolletage.

Sandra Paul modelling a lapis turquoise diamond necklace with matching ring, ear-clips and pendant at the opening of jewellery designer David Morris' showroom in Mayfair, 21st May 1969. The set is...

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Alice Sedgwick, Lady Ludlow, wearing the Ludlow Tiara, United Kingdom…