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Queen's diamond diadem goes on display at Buckingham Palace

Queen's diamond diadem goes on display at Buckingham Palace

By Stephanie Hirschmiller

PUBLISHED: 07:00 EST, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:01 EST, 28 May 2012


A crown familiar to millions after being worn by the Queen on postage stamps is to go on display at Buckingham Palace.

The Diamond Diadem, which has been worn by the Queen on her journey to and from the state opening of Parliament since the first year of her reign, will be part of an exhibition to celebrate her 60 years on the throne.

Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration will show the many ways in which the jewels have been worn by British monarchs over the last two centuries.

The Queen's famous diamond diadem is to go on display in a Jubilee exhibition at Buckingham Palace

The Queen's famous diamond diadem is to go on display in a Jubilee exhibition at Buckingham Palace

The exhibition includes a number of the Queen's personal jewels, which she inherited or acquired during her reign.

The Diamond Diadem is one of the Queen's most widely recognised pieces of jewellery and can also be seen on some banknotes and coins.

Despite its feminine associations it was made for the famously extravagant coronation of George IV in 1821 at a cost of more than £8,000.

Set with 1,333 brilliant-cut diamonds, including a four-carat pale yellow brilliant, it consists of a band with two rows of pearls either side of a row of diamonds, above which are diamonds set in the form of a rose, a thistle and two shamrocks - the national emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland.

In 1837 the diadem was inherited by Queen Victoria, who was frequently painted and photographed wearing it, including on several early postage stamps such as the Penny Black.

A Penny black stamp featuring the diadem

A Penny black stamp featuring the diadem

The diadem also appears on some of our modern day pound coins

The diadem also appears on modern pound coins

It continued to be passed down the generations of the Royal Family before being given to the Queen.

Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut said: 'The Diamond Diadem is one of the most spectacular pieces of royal jewellery.

'It is a rare combination of the historically important and the very familiar - seen by millions every day on stamps, banknotes and coins.'

The exhibition is part of the annual summer opening of Buckingham Palace and runs from June 30 to July 8, and then July 31 to October 7.

THE HISTORY OF THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND DIADEM

The Queen arrives at the State Opening of Parliament wearing the diamond diadem

The Queen arrives at the State Opening of Parliament wearing the diamond diadem

  • The Diamond Diadem has been worn by Queen Elizabeth II on her journey to and from the State Opening of Parliament since the first year of her reign in 1952
  • Despite its feminine associations, the piece was actually made for the extravagant coronation of George IV
  • The Diadem cost over £8,000 when it was created in 1821
  • It is set with 1,333 brilliant-cut diamonds, including a pale yellow stone of four-carats
  • It is made out of a band with two rows of pearls either side of a row of diamonds
  • The precious stones are set in the shapes of a rose, a thistle and two shamrocks - the national emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland
  • The piece was inherited in 1837 by Queen Victoria, who was frequently painted and photographed wearing the piece
  • Queen Victoria can be seen wearing it on several early postage stamps, including the Penny Black
  • The Diadem was passed to Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I before coming to Her Majesty  Queen Elizabeth II


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This whole jubilee thing has been blown out of proportion. Why are people so happy and excited about it? What does the Queen do for you personally, or the country? Other than claim money from taxpayers to increase her already vast wealth.

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"And this wretched woman lectures us all on austerity?" - Huxley Toothrot III, England (avoid chavs), 28/5/2012 20:28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When did HM The Queen EVER "lecture" anyone "on austerity"? Or on anything else, come to that?

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"As an ignorant American asking, will Camilla be allowed to wear any of Her Majesty's crowns? - Marby, MB, 29/5/2012 06:11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not the "crowns" - they're for the Monarch, and that will be Charles. She will, however, be perfectly entitled to wear the consort's coronet if she is declared Charles's Queen Consort. She will be entitled to wear whichever of the Queen's private jewels that Charles inherits (or any that the Queen leaves to her personally, which is perfectly possible as the Queen has already seen fit to award Camilla the QEll personal order of merit, seen on state occasions, worn on a chartreuse ribbon.) Camilla already wears, on formal occasions, the Boucheron "Honeycomb" (or "Greville") tiara, made in 1921, that belonged to the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and which passed to Charles on her death. Camilla's engagement ring had also belonged to his late grandmother.

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How nauseating! Please stop this blanket coverage of all things relating to the jubilee!

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OOPS! Rod Whitney but you are wrong Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was Her Majesty not HRH. I am increaciingly frustrated by the habit of refering to Queen Elizabeth 11 and the Queen Mother as HRH. HRH is the title for Princes and Princesses.

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****One assumes the author meant Queen Elizabeth, the wife of George VI. Since she was not the monarch, a regnal number is never used after her name. Her proper title later became HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. - Rob Whitney, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 29/5/2012**** Sorry, Rob from Wisconson, but you are wrong on one point: after George VI's death, his wife and Queen Consort remained a Majesty, i.e., HER MAJESTY, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, NOT HRH (Her Royal Highness), Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. One should never assume.

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As an ignorant American asking, will Camilla be allowed to wear any of Her Majesty's crowns?

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As an ignorant American asking, will Camilla be allowed to wear any of Her Majesty's crowns?

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