Camilla Kohinoor to wear diamond crown when Charles is made king – Times of India

London: prince charles‘ wife Camilla would wear Queen Motherof 1937 crown of which is distinguished koh-e-noor Diamond when he is made King of Britain and is crowned PatraniBritain’s Daily Mail newspaper has revealed.
Mel said: “Camilla will have the Queen Mother’s precious platinum and diamond crown on her head when Charles is crowned king. It contains the Kohinoor diamond, one of the largest and most controversial jewels in the world.
In a statement on Saturday night on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne, the 95-year-old announced that it was her “sincere wish” that when Charles became king in fullness of time, that the Duchess of Cornwall would be known as the queen consort “as she continues her faithful service”.
But Buckingham Palace declined to confirm to TOI that Camilla will wear the crown, saying: “Detailed planning for a coronation begins at the point of accession. So there are no plans of this nature at this stage.” ”
The crown, in public view when placed on the coffin of the Queen Mother in 2002, was made in 1937 for her coronation as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, wife of King George VI, Queen Consort. It is part of the Crown Jewels stored in the Tower of London.
Equipped with a purple velvet cap, it has a platinum frame set with 2,800 diamonds, mainly cushion-shaped but with some rose-cut and some brilliant-cut. Most of the diamonds were removed from Queen Victoriaof Regal Circle. It is the cross above the band that houses the 105.6-carat Kohinoor diamond, one of the world’s most controversial jewels, in a detachable platinum mount.
After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Kohinoor was installed in the crown of Queen Alexandra and then transferred to the crown. queen mary She was reinstated in 1911 and finally in 1937 for the Queen Mother’s coronation as his consort in the crown.
The diamond passed through various factions in Asia before allegedly being handed over to Queen Victoria as spoils of war following the British occupation of Punjab in 1849 during the reign of Maharaja Duleep Singh. The diamond is believed to have been extracted from the former Kollur mine in Andhra Pradesh, which produced several large diamonds in the 15th century.
Since it passed from man to man in a lot of bloodshed and fighting, it earned the reputation of bringing bad luck to men and has been worn only by women since reaching Britain. Since independence, India has demanded the return of Kohinoor but Britain has refused to return it saying that it belongs to Britain.

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