The whole world watched through various media the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, which is placed on it the crown of the state empire, while it was being transferred in front of the citizens from Buckingham Palace, and the crown caught everyone’s attention, but what is its story, this is what we will review in this report, according to the newspaper’s website. British “Metro”.

The Queen’s coffin has been moved from her Buckingham Palace in London to Westminster Hall, and the state funeral is scheduled for Monday 19 September.

The Imperial State crown was made for the coronation of King George IV in 1937 by jewelers. Garrard & Company Using jewels dating back hundreds of years, including the sapphire that belonged to Edward in 1066 and the late Queen wore the tiara at her coronation in 1953.

the crown

The Queen wore the St. Edward’s tiara during the coronation, another tiara of the crown jewels dating back to 1661, but she chose the Imperial State crown because it was lighter for her so that she could wear it while photographing and appearing on the palace balcony.

The queen wears the crown

The Queen wore the tiara at every official opening of Parliament, as well as on official occasions, but she considered it impractical, as she said of it, “very impractical and fortunately my father and I had the same shape of the head.”

Another picture of the Queen wearing the crown

The imperial crown weighs close to 3 pounds, so Elizabeth would point out that she could not read a letter while wearing it, as she sarcastically expressed: “He’ll break my neck.”

The crown is made of a golden frame and a velvet cap, as well as thousands of precious stones, including 2,868 diamonds and diamonds Cullinan II 317.4 carats and 269 pearls, including four large hanging pearls belonging to Queen Elizabeth I, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and four sapphires, among them the Black Prince’s ruby, on the cross, which can be a spinel (a semiprecious stone), and dates back The stone dates to 1367, when it was handed over to Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, by Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile, who took the sapphire from a Muslim king in Granada.

King Henry V is said to have worn the same sapphire in his helmet at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, and the large diamond in the front of the crown is 371.4 carats. Cullinan II Diamond It is the second largest stone cut at 3106 carats Cullinan Diamond It is considered an extravagant gift made by the Transvaal government to Edward VII on his sixty-sixth birthday in 1907, and at that time there was a good relationship between England and South Africa..

In 1910 Cullinan I placed the remainder of the Cullinan Diamond saga in the King’s scepter, which was placed alongside the orb on the Queen’s coffin when it arrived at Westminster Hall.

The crown also contains a St Edward’s sapphire, which is said to be from King Edward’s ring and was found when his coffin was moved from part of Westminster Abbey to another mausoleum in the 12th century..

The pearl earrings hanging in the center of the crown are believed to be Scottish, and were worn by Mary, Queen of Scots, and it is believed that Stuart Sapphire The one at the back of the crown belonged to King Charles I, was brought into the country by his son James II and has adorned the state crowns since 1838.

Some experts estimate the value of the crown in the range of £3 billion to £5 billion.