More British Royal Crowns

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1952- )

HM Queen Elizabeth at the Opening of Parliament 23 May 2010	Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday Celebration
Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1953	HM Queen Elizabeth II wearing the King George IV Diadem. In the back round is the Imperial State Crown.
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II (21 Apr 1926 - ) The Saint Edward's Crown	HM Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation, 2 Jun 1953. Pictured: The Imperial State Crown, the Coronation Orb, and Scepter.
HM Queen Elizabeth II wearing the King George IV Diadem One of her "official" pictures as Sovereign, taken 1953.	Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Family of HM Queen Elizabeth II Front row: Duchess of Northumberland Helen Gordon-Lennox, Princess Marina of Kent, HRH Princess Margaret (sister to HM), Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Royal Mary, Princess Alice of Gloucester; Back row: Prince Philip of Edinburgh, Prince Henry of Gloucester

HM and her ladies on her Coronation day [L to R]: Lady Moyra Hamilton (now Lady Moyra Campbell), Lady Anne Coke (now The Rt Hon The Lady Glenconner), Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (now Lady Rosemary Muir), Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (now Lady Mary Russell), Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (now The Rt Hon The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby), Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (now The Rt Hon The Lady Rayne)

King George VI of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)

King George VI, Queen Consort Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II)	King George VI wearing The Imperial State Crown while holding the Coronation Orb and Scepter. Consort, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon wearing her Coronation Crown while holding the Royal Scepters.
The Coronation of George VI, father of Princess Elizabeth (future Elizabeth II) and The Princess Margaret.	Here Queen Elizabeth wears her coronation crown without the arches.
Queen consort Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon	King George VI of Great Britain

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1936)

When King Edward VIII choose love over the monarchy it was the scandal of the century.But this forgotten painting of King Edward VIII in the coronation robes he never wore was released to mark the 75th anniversary of his abdication; it shows how the royal family could have been very different. The painting of the king, who gave up his crown to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, was commissioned for a special coronation issue of Illustrated London News which never made it to the news stands. After his abdication, Edward married Wallis, and they were known as The Duke of Duchess of Windsor.

King George V of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)

Coronation Portrait of King George V and Queen Mary. King George wears the Imperial State Crown and Queen Mary wears the crown she requested for her Coronation as Queen Consort, Queen Mary's Crown.	Queen Mary wearing her crown, The Crown of Queen Mary minus its arches, as a circlet. The Crown contains The Koh-i-Noor Diamond as well as The Cullinan IV and The Cullinan III Diamonds.
Queen Mary wearing the Diamond Parure of Queen Alexandra without the center diamond stone. (pictured below)	King George wears the Imperial State Crown while Mary wears her Delhi Durbar Tiara

King Edward VII of Great Britain (1901-1910)

Queen Alexandra Coronation Crown Queen Alexandra wearing her crown in her coronation photograph. The European-style crown contained more half arches than was usual in British crowns, and had its cap placed lower, allowing a clear view through the crown.	It was less upright than the norm in British crowns, and more squat in design, with an unpredecented eight half-arches. Its front arch joined a jewelled cross into which was set the Koh-i-Noor diamond. The arches were detachable, allowing the crown to be worn as a circlet. The Crown of Queen Alexandra was not worn by later queens. The major stones have been replaced with artificial ones referred to as paste. The Crown of Queen Alexandra can be found on display in the National Army Museum in London, United Kingdom.
Saint Edward's Crown	Imperial State Crown
Queen Alexandra wearing the King George IV Diadem	Queen Alexandra wearing Queen Victoria's Small Diamond Crown
wearing her Diamond Parure along with The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria
Regal Crown of Edward VII c.1875 Presented to Edward VII when Prince of Wales by the Taluqdars of Oudh.This was the only specifically royal object presented to the future Edward VII during his Indian tour, and yet the donors, the Taluqdars of Oudh, occupied a relatively low position among the 'princes and nobles of India' who honoured the Prince with gifts. The Persian word originally denoted an estate or dependency. Before the British annexation in 1856 of the Kingdom of Oudh (centred on Lucknow, today the capital of Uttar Pradesh), the Taluqdars (holders of ta'alluqata'alluqas) played a key part as contractors in the collection of revenues, each controlling a group of villages. They gradually sought to give permanence to their holdings, aspiring to the position of Raja. After the annexation they were massively dispossessed, but in the aftermath of the Mutiny of 1857, the British administration under the Governor-General Charles Canning sought to re-establish the Taluqdars as a means of ensuring stability. Canning held durbars at Lucknow and Calcutta for this new class of noblemen, and as their titles and estates passed to the next generation, the Taluqdars were often among the quickest to emulate British traditions. The crown was presented to the Prince of Wales on 7 January 1876 in the throne room of the former palace of the kings of Oudh in Lucknow, which was now the seat of the British administration. During the day the Prince laid the foundation of a monument to the native soldiers who had died in British uniform during the troubles of 1857, met a number of veterans and visited the main sites where the fighting had taken place. After the presentation of the crown and a loyal address, a procession of the Taluqdars made their obeisances to the Prince, and the evening concluded with fireworks and a banquet. The turban-shaped crown has eight jewelled gold tapering semi-arches over a velvet cap that has lost most of its original bright purple colour. The point at which the arches meet in the middle is covered by a rosette of diamonds. The cap is applied with silver-gilt embroidery set with pearls and diamonds, with a royal coat of arms and the Garter motto Honi soit qui mal y pense. A row of enamelled gold stylised leaves with diamond-set pendants is sewn to the top of the circlet, which is bordered with strings of pearls enclosing a row of diamond-set enamelled gold florets. This is interrupted at the front by a trefoil aigrette-holder set with diamonds and with pendant emeralds, which was probably intended to represent the Prince of Wales's feathers. His motto Ich Dien is embroidered on the cap below the royal arms. The fine cotton lining of the cap retains its original bright emerald green colour.

Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901)

Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Great Britain The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria was a miniature crown created at the request of Queen Victoria in 1870. It was perhaps the crown most associated with Queen Victoria. The crown itself is made of silver. It contains 1,187 diamonds. Diamonds, unlike coloured stones, were seen as permissible to wear in mourning. The diamonds all came from a necklace owned by Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria wearing the Round Circlet, a version of her Small Diamond Crown. What happened to the Crown? The small diamond crown had technically belonged to Queen Victoria personally, rather than to the British Crown, and thus was not part of the British Crown Jewels. But in her will, Victoria left it to the British Crown. It was subsequently worn on occasions by the Queen consort, Alexandra of Denmark (1901-1910) and after her by the next Queen consort, Mary of Teck. After the death of Mary's husband, George V the crown ceased to be worn by her. When the new Queen consort, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon decided not to wear the small crown it was deposited into the Jewel House in the Tower of London in 1937, where it remains on permanent show.

Painting of Queen Victoria wearing the King George Diadem

Painting of Queen Victoria wearing a Diamond Parure.

Other British Royals

Prince Charles of Wales
Prince Edward of Wales, (Later King Edward VIII of Great Britain)	Princess Royal Mary with her brother Prince Edward at the coronation of their parents in 1911.
Princess Mary of York, Princess Royal; Daughter of King George and Mary of Teck	Princess Maud of Wales Queen consort of Norway Daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Consort Alexandra
Queen Maud's Diamond Crown This tiara with diamond clusters was a wedding present to Queen Maud, consort of Norway.	The crown is currently worn as a tiara by Princess Ragnhild. The diamond prongs on the tiara were originally interchangable with turquoises, and Queen Maud often wore the tiara in this version before she inherited the other turquoise tiara. More info on the tiara page.
Princess Maud of Wales, Queen Consort of Norway and King Haakon VII of Norway	Princess Patricia of Connaught's coronet Princess Patricia, Queen Victoria's granddaughter, wore this coronet, supplied by royal jewellers Garrard, to her uncle King Edward VII's coronation in 1902. It consist of a purple velvet cap and a hall marked silver gilt circlet with two crosses patees, two strawberry leaves and four fleurs de lys.
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife Daughter of Princess Royal, Louise of Great Britain	Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Wife to Prince Henry of Great Britain, Duke of Gloucester
Princess Margaret of Connaught, later Crown Princess of Sweden (L), her mother Princess Louise of Prussia, wife of the 7th son of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur of Connaught (C), and sister Princess Patricia of Connaught	Princess Helena of Waldeck, Duchess of Albany. She married into the British Royal family and became wife to Queen Victoria's son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.
Queen consort Marie of Romania born Princess Marie of Edinburgh, daughter of Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Marie was the grandchild of Queen Victoria
The Imperial Crown of Lady Theresa, The Marchioness of Londonderry Lady Londonderry had a real Imperial Crown surmounted by an exquisite cross in magnificent brilliants: it was an exact copy of a crown owned by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. It was made from Lady Londonderry's own jewels; several necklaces and bracelets had been broken up to make it. Below the Imperial Crown, the Lady is also wearing the famous diamond Londonderry Tiara.	Lady Theresa, The Marchioness of Londonderry
Daisy, Princess of Pless née Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West She was a descendant of Mary Boleyn through her daughter Catherine Carey and Sir Francis Knollys.	Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough dressed for Edward VII Coronation. Consuelo was an American born heiress of the Vanderbilt family who married Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.
Lord & Lady Kelvin presided over the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902.	HRH Princess Victoria's Coronet which she wore to the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. Above, unknown crown..