The crown jewels are part of the Royal Collection—which, contrary to popular belief, the monarch doesn’t personally own. Instead, they’re held in trust for the nation.

Crown jewels are more than just precious gems and metals,they are symbols of royal power, wealth, and centuries of history.

This crown dates back to 1661, with a solid gold frame that weighs almost 5 pounds. The Crown Jewels are stored and displayed at the Tower of London, and are part of the Royal Collection, held in ...

For centuries, the crown jewels were kept at Westminster Abbey. But in 1649, when the English Revolution abolished the monarchy, all the items were destroyed or sold off.

The French have tried to acquire the Crown Jewels when on the rare occasion they appear. One of those pieces was the diamond bow brooch made for Empress Eugénie by François Kramer in 1855.

The Imperial State Crown, part of the British crown jewels, photographed September 14, 2022. The crown jewels were evacuated from their safe house at the Tower of London during World War II.

The most prominent of the controversial crown jewels is the 105.6-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond. It’s part of the crown originally made for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, for her 1937 coronation.

ON a July morning in 1907 a messenger boy was returning a piece of jewellery to a safe in Dublin Castle. But to his shock ...