While the Queen was lying in state, on top of her coffin rested the Imperial State Crown, perhaps the most familiar treasure in the Crown Jewels - a priceless collection of tens of thousands of ...
It was one of the late Queen's favourite jewels and sits in the Imperial State Crown. The Cullinan diamond, which was discovered in South Africa in 1905, will also feature. There are calls for it ...
Petersburg. Catherine’s most impressive pieces were part of the Russian Imperial Crown Jewels, passed down to successive Romanov rulers until the monarchy was abolished in 1917 amid the Russian ...
Petersburg’s Winter Palace, named the Brilliant Room, to storing and displaying her jewels and other treasures. Read on to find out where Catherine the Great’s royal gems ended up after her death in ...