A unique collection of diamonds on display at Buckingham Palace

As part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration, over 10,000 diamonds are being displayed at Buckingham Palace in London. The exhibition is called Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration. The diamonds include seven diamonds which have been cut from the famous Cullinan stone.

The exhibits include: the Delhi Durbar Tiara, Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch, and the Kokoshnik Tiara, jewellery from seven of the nine stones cut from the famous 3,106 ct. Cullinan, including the 94 ct. Cullinan III and 63.3 ct. Cullinan IV Brooch, reports say. The display will also showcase pieces commissioned by Queen Victoria like the Coronation Necklace, with 25 graduated cushion-cut diamonds, a miniature crown encrusted with 1,187 diamonds worn by Queen Victoria for her official Diamond Jubilee portrait in 1897, the Diamond Diadem made with 1,333 brilliant-cut diamonds, created for the coronation of George IV in 1821 and then worn by the Queen at the annual opening of the Parliament. There is a collection of the Queen’s personal jewellery like the South Africa Necklace, presented to Princess Elizabeth on her 21st birthday in 1947. It includes a 6 ct. stone gifted to by the then De Beers chairman Ernest Oppenheimer. There is also the Williamson Brooch made with a 23.6 ct. round brilliant pink diamond. The stone was found in Tanzania in 1947 and was given to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding.

The Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration – exhibition is being organized between June 30 to July 8, and from July 31 to October 7.