Posted by jinja on February 7, 2013, 8:06 am, in reply to "Re: Cullinans"
The Koh-i-nor diamond was still in Queen Elizabeth's crown when it lay on her coffin. No one seems to have worn the Koh-i-nor in its brooch setting for a very long time. I don't think it has ever been removed from the QEQM crown. Also, your pictures clearly show the difference in size between Cullinan 4 in Queen Mary's crown (or its crystal copy) and the Turkish diamond in Queen Elizabeth's.
Question: Did Queen Elizabeth wear the Lahore diamond from her crown as a necklace pendant at the 1953 coronation, following Queen Mary's habit of wearing Cullinan 3 as a pendant when she wore her crown's circlet? Or did QEII wear the Lahore??