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Camilla to wear Queen Mary’s crown without Kohinoor: Has British royalty scored a diplomatic win with India?
FirstpostBritain’s Queen Consort Camilla will wear the Queen Mary crown without the prized Kohinoor for the coronation ceremony scheduled for 6 May. The crowning details Queen Mary’s Crown was made by reputed jewellery company Garrard’s for the 1911 coronation and was commissioned by Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. The Daily Telegraph had then described it saying, “It has no jewels but diamonds, and the diamonds cluster together as if they had no support but their own light.” The design of the crown was inspired by Queen Alexandra’s Crown of 1902. Like Queen Alexandra’s Crown, it can be worn without the arches in the form of a regal circlet, which Queen Mary wore for the Coronation of her son, King George VI, in 1937. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party — India’s ruling party — had told The Telegraph in October, “The coronation of Camilla and the use of the crown jewel Kohinoor brings back painful memories of the colonial past.” Breaking tradition Incidentally, the choice of the Queen Mary crown is also breaking British tradition.
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