Crown and State Jewels of the English Empire

• mhcampboy

  11 Jul 06, 00:47

  
  
  England's state Crown
  
  
  
  England's coronation rings
  
  
  
  Victoria's small crown
  
  
  
  St. Edward's Crown
  This is the crown used to crown the British monarch at his/her coronation. It was last used in 1953 to crown Queen Elizabeth II.
  
  
  
  The Queen Mother's Crown
  The crown worn by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, to Her coronation in 1937. She wore it without the arches to the coronation of Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953.
  
  
  
  ENGLAND: Crown of Queen Victoria, 1838.
  
  
  
  ENGLAND: State Crown of King George I, 1715.
  
  
  
  SCOTLAND: Crown of the Honours of Scotland, 1540
  
  
  
  Sceptre with the Cross was made in 1661, and is so called because it is surmounted by a cross. In 1905, it was redesigned to incorporate the Cullinan I, also known as the Great Star of Africa, which at over 530 carats (106 g), is the largest cut diamond in the world. During the coronation, the monarch bears the Sceptre with the Cross in the right hand.
  
  
• Chelzea

  11 Jul 06, 00:49

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  
  
  England's state Crown
  
  
  
  England's coronation rings
  
  
  
  Victoria's small crown
  
  
  
  St. Edward's Crown
  This is the crown used to crown the British monarch at his/her coronation. It was last used in 1953 to crown Queen Elizabeth II.
  
  
  
  The Queen Mother's Crown
  The crown worn by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, to Her coronation in 1937. She wore it without the arches to the coronation of Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953.
  
  
  
  ENGLAND: Crown of Queen Victoria, 1838.
  
  
  
  ENGLAND: State Crown of King George I, 1715.
  
  
  
  SCOTLAND: Crown of the Honours of Scotland, 1540
  
  
  
  Sceptre with the Cross was made in 1661, and is so called because it is surmounted by a cross. In 1905, it was redesigned to incorporate the Cullinan I, also known as the Great Star of Africa, which at over 530 carats (106 g), is the largest cut diamond in the world. During the coronation, the monarch bears the Sceptre with the Cross in the right hand.
  
  

  They are worth million bah
• mhcampboy

  11 Jul 06, 00:50

  Originally posted by Chelzea:

  They are worth million bah

  Ermm... millionSSSS... with the S please...
  
  hahah tens of millions though... but it doesnt belongs to the ruling monarch... state and crown jewels belongs to the state.
• laurence82

  11 Jul 06, 01:04

  Head of the Anglican Church is much richer than the head of the Roman Catholic Church
  
  hurhurhur