During her June 1953 coronation, the queen was handed a gold globe ... The crown has 444 precious and semi-precious stones. These one-of-a-kind jewels include 345 rose-cut aquamarines, 37 white ...

Getty Images The Imperial State Crown’s historic gems include a rose-cut sapphire ... this has a gold frame and once contained 550 diamonds. It was used by several queen consorts but fell ...

The Queen had another crown ... of 22-carat-gold, is about 30cm (12in) tall, weighs 4.9lb (2.23kg) and is decorated with 444 precious and semi-precious stones, including 345 rose-cut aquamarines ...

Once again, fate determined who would serve as queen of the Krewe of ... each maid selected a box wrapped in gold containing a bouquet of red roses with one rose covered in golden damask.

There had been some speculation that Camilla would be wearing the Queen Elizabeth crown ... ‘lined with gold, and set with 2,200 diamonds, mainly brilliant-cut, with some rose-cut.’ ...