The path for Camilla to become queen was made clear in February when Queen Elizabeth, in her Platinum Jubilee message, displayed a remarkable show of support. "And when, in the fullness of time, my ...

It is the central stone in the Queen Mother's crown, which she wore to her coronation in 1937. Originally the property of the Mughal Empire, Queen Victoria acquired the stone in 1849. King George VI ...

Part 1: The jewel in the throne -- The Indian prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor -- The mughals and the Koh-i-Noor -- Nader Shah: the Koh-i-Noor goes to Iran -- the Durranis: the Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan - ...

King Charles is making the whole monarch thing official with a coronation ceremony on May 6, 2023 (which is his grandson Archie's birthday), but he's not the only person getting a crown placed atop ...

Men have died for it and at least three countries — and the Taliban — claim it is their own. It’s also a controversial symbol of Britain’s colonial history. It is no wonder that the crowns used in ...

In their new book Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond, Anand and Dalrymple work their way through more than four centuries of Indian history to learn the truth about the ...

For decades, Britain has been giving back its spoils of empire: the Stone of Scone to Scotland in 1996, Hong Kong to China in 1997 and, most recently, some of the Benin bronzes, with perhaps more to ...

A coronation controversy is brewing. A glittering 105-carat diamond might cause international upset if Queen Consort Camilla chooses to wear a historical crown during King Charles III’s coronation on ...

On Saturday, Queen Elizabeth II announced that it was her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall will become Queen Consort when her husband, Prince Charles, becomes king. The monarch’s words ...

Update, February 14, 2023: Buckingham Palace announced this morning that Queen Consort Camilla has chosen to wear Queen Mary's 1911 crown to her coronation in May. While it had been expected that she ...