King Charles IIIs great-grandmother Queen Mary was the wife of King George VI.
Queen Marys Crown will be used for the Coronation of The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey.
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The Cullinan diamonds have been set into Queen Marys Crown on previous occasions.
One of the largest cut diamonds in the world, the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond originally hails from India.
The boy was only 10 years old.
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There are serious political sensitivities and significant nervousness around them, particularly regarding India.
But when is the myth that the diamond was reputedly gifted going to stop being peddled?
Its surrender was clearly written into the 1849 Lahore Treaty.
The queen consort will wear a crown worn by Queen Mary, consort of King George V, at their coronation, 1911.
It has also been noted, however, that the Cullinan diamonds have a complicated history of their own.
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George V, King of Great Britain, on the day of his coronation, together with his consort Queen Mary.
Queen Mary’s Crown was removed from display at the Tower of London for modification work ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on the day of their coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953
