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Known as Prince Albert's Brooch, the Garrard design features an enormous oval-shaped sapphire surrounded by diamonds and per The Court Jeweller, was given by Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on ...
Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838 ... John Thynne (Sub-Dean of Westminster acting for the Dean), knew what should be happening. The coronation ring was painfully forced on to her wrong ...
Following the death of William IV in 1837, Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne ... This included the coronation ring being put on the wrong finger and Lord Rolle, an elderly peer, falling ...
The newly-crowned Queen ... a coronation — the State Imperial Crown is used for other occasions afterwards, like the Opening of Parliament. She also wore the centuries-old coronation ring ...
The provenance of the Koh-i-Nûr diamond, which forms part of the Queen Mother's 1937 coronation crown ... where it ended up as part of Queen Victoria's collection. It is also subject to ownership ...