Koh-i-Noor
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The Koh-i-Noor is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats. It is currently set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Replica of the Koh-i-Noor
Nader Shah seated on the Peacock Throne after the defeat of the 13th Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
One of Ranjit Singh's favourite horses with the head of his stables. His jewels are shown, to scale, including the Koh-i-Noor (top centre).
Painting of Ranjit Singh wearing the Koh-i-Noor armlet (2009)
The Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, also known as the Queen Mother's Crown, is the crown made for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to wear at her coronation in 1937 and State Openings of Pa
Koh-i-Noor
…The Koh-i-Noor ( KOH-in-OOR) is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g). It is currently set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. There are multiple conflicting legends on the origin of the diamond, but many Victorian commentators identified it with a diamond said to have originated…
The crown as it appears in a portrait by Sir Gerald Kelly
Queen Elizabeth wearing her crown in a formal coronation photograph, 1937
Queen Elizabeth depicted wearing her crown on an Australian stamp, 1938
The crown placed atop the Queen Mother's coffin during her funeral procession in 2002