I guess Elizabeth Taylor fell in love with jewelry, was very interested in jewelry, and liked to collect the most precious jewelry. Elizabeth Taylor wore a ruby necklace to attend the jewelry exhibition of her own brand "House of Taylor Jewelry" in Beverly Hills.
Elizabeth Taylor once said that the first thing she saw when she was born was her mother's wedding ring. From the moment she came to this world, it was doomed that this world-class beauty was obsessed with jewelry all her life, and it was priceless. Huge jewelry has become a symbol of her style, and it is one of the priceless styles.
From 18 to 78 years old, Taylor judged whether a man loved her deeply, based on how many jewels one of the men judged to give her. Eddie fisher, the fourth husband, once said that a standard gem diamond worth $50,000 can make ginter happy for about four days.
As for the value of diamonds, she has the most precious jewels in the world: 33-carat Krupp diamond, 69-carat Burton Taylor diamond, an engagement gift from the Spanish prince to King Tudor of England, and Rover pearls from Spain to Queen Mary of Korea, as well as a diamond necklace belonging to King Shajehan who built the Taj Mahal as an engagement gift. These jewels witnessed the emotional and career development of these jewelry necklaces and became the wealth of Taylor's life.
There is no specific statistics on this, but there is no doubt that Queen Elizabeth really has too many jewels ~
Today, let's take a look at the tip of the iceberg in the Queen's collection and see the amazing faces of the jewels handed down from generation to generation.
The crown of St. Edward, composed of gold and precious stones, is said to have as many as 3000 precious stones inlaid with diamonds from the Mountain of Light. The crown is the most important symbol of imperial power and is used for the coronation ceremony of the queen.
George IV personally designed the George IV Crown, which is inlaid with 1333 diamonds, four of which are light yellow, totaling 325.75 carats, and the base is inlaid with 169 pearls. This crown has never been used by members of the royal family. Only queens and queens can wear them.
The crown of the duchess of Russia was made in Berlin. It originally belonged to Russian Duchess Vladimir. The pearl pendant in the crown can be changed to emerald, or it can be empty without any pendant.
This crown was worn by the Queen on important occasions, and it was also inherited from her grandmother, Queen Mary. In william clark's book, the crown is called "the last wealth of the tsar". The queen often wears it on many occasions, and the pearl pendant can be changed into emerald or without any decoration.
Crown Crown Crown was made for Queen Victoria in 1938. The current version was made for the coronation of George VI in 1937. The whole crown * * used 2868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires,1/kloc-0 emeralds and 5 rubies.
The British diamond crown originally belonged to Queen Mary. 1947, she gave this crown to Elizabeth II as a wedding gift. This is Elizabeth II's favorite crown, which she affectionately calls "grandmother's crown".
Russian Cocos Nick Crown
The crown is inlaid with 488 diamonds, the largest of which weighs 3.25 carats and has been worn by the Queen many times.
Impressively, the Queen wears this crown with American President Gerald? Ford dances.
Cambridge Lover's Knot Crown This Cambridge Lover's Knot Crown was made by Queen Mary's client according to the crown style of her grandmother, the Duchess of Cambridge. The original top was decorated with drop-shaped pearls, and Queen Mary, a small jewelry expert, took it down because she was too troublesome.
The Queen's Crown of Great Britain and Ireland was a wedding gift from Queen Mary in 1893. In 1947, Queen Mary gave it to her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth as a wedding gift. The diamond at the top of the crown can be replaced by pearls, and the base can be freely disassembled. This is the crown on the pound.
When Queen Elizabeth got married, the Burmese people presented 96 rubies to Queen Elizabeth. 1978, the queen transformed and inlaid these 96 rubies into this ruby crown, hence the name Burma Ruby Crown.
The Brazilian aquamarine crown was presented to the Queen as a gift at the coronation ceremony of Elizabeth II in 1953. The President of Brazil gave her a set of necklaces and earrings with huge aquamarine. 1958, the President of Brazil gave her matching bracelets and brooches. Elizabeth II crowned the suit.
Modern sapphire crown This crown is included in a set of sapphire jewels. 1947, Queen Elizabeth's father George IV gave her a set of sapphire necklaces and earrings as wedding gifts. 1959, she replaced the biggest jewel in the necklace with a pendant and a brooch. 1963, she added a crown and bracelet to this set of jewelry, which is what we now call a modern sapphire crown.
Alexandra crown
Brazilian aquamarine crown
Crown of Driduba
The Russian Crown of Queen Alexandra
Princess Margaret turquoise crown
Queen Alexandra's dagmar Necklace This necklace was first made by a jeweler in the Danish Palace for the royal wedding of 1863. It is inlaid with 2000 diamonds and 1 18 pearls. It is said that there is a piece of wood on it, which belongs to the cross, and now it is out of sight.
Brazilian aquamarine necklace This aquamarine necklace was a gift from the Brazilian people to the Queen when she got married. It is said that it took a year to find all the gems when making this necklace. The queen liked it very much, and later made a headdress to match it. This aquamarine necklace is also a clean stream in the Queen's necklace.
This ruby and diamond was bought by Mrs Ronald Grevil from Paris, Ceron on 1907. When she died in 1942, she gave a lot of precious jewels to the queen's mother, including this one. 1947 When the Queen got married, her mother gave this ruby and diamond necklace to Elizabeth as a wedding gift.
Coronation Necklace This necklace was made by Queen Victoria in 1958. The jewels on the necklace come from the royal collection, with a total of 22.48 carats. Every lady sovereign will wear this overweight necklace when he is crowned.
Queen Elizabeth's coronation necklace, made in 1858, consists of 25 pillow-shaped brilliant cut diamonds and a drop-shaped pendant in the center. The net weight of the necklace is 22.48 carats. Every time the monarch's wife is crowned, he will wear this overweight necklace.
King George VI Victoria Sapphire Necklace 20 17 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the 65th anniversary of her rule! The Queen's Office specially issued a portrait of the Queen for this purpose. In the photo, she is wearing a set of sapphire jewelry, which was given to her by her father King George VI when she got married in 1947. It is also one of her favorite jewelry necklaces. Later, she hired someone to build a matching crown for this set of jewelry.
A gift for new mothers-flower basket brooch This flower basket brooch inlaid with diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires was a gift from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth after giving birth to their first child, Prince Charles, in 1948. In the first official photo with Prince Charles, the Queen wore this brooch.
Williamson diamond brooch Canadian geologist John? Williamson dug up a 54.5-carat pink diamond in his South African mine at 1947. As it was the Queen's wedding, Williamson gave her this pink diamond as a wedding gift. 1952, the queen gave Cartier another 203 white diamonds as petals and stems, and made this daffodil-shaped brooch with polished pink diamond.
Rhodesian fire lily brooch This brooch is made of 30 1 small diamond. 65,438+0947 Queen Elizabeth II gave it to her when she visited South Africa with her parents. 42,000 Rhodesian children pooled their pocket money to buy Rhodesian fire lily brooches. Because it happened to be the birthday of Queen 2 1.
Waigao's grandmother's brooch-Cambridge Pearl Pendant brooch The earliest owner of this brooch was Queen Mary's grandmother Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge. 1953 was inherited by the Queen. The pearl pendant on the brooch can be detached freely.
The antique earrings at the wedding-the Duchess of Tektronix earrings are completely "antique". They were originally earrings of Princesse Marie, the daughter of King George III of England, and were later given to the Queen as a wedding gift.
Cullinan, the symbol of power, is the biggest diamond in the world. This diamond weighing 3 106 carat was cut into 9 large diamonds and 96 small diamonds, of which the largest "African Star" perched on the king's scepter with a weight of 530.2 carats, which made people tremble.
Brazilian aquamarine necklace
This aquamarine necklace was a gift from the Brazilian people to the Queen when she got married. It is said that it took a year to find all the gems when making this necklace. The queen liked it very much, and later made a headdress to match it. This aquamarine necklace is also a clean stream in the Queen's necklace.
Hanover pearl necklace
This double string pearl necklace is an old item of the royal family. It can be traced back to the early Queen Victoria of Hanover Palace, and it is also an heirloom that only future generations of queens can wear.
William forest diamond brooch
This daffodil brooch, with a 23.6-carat pink diamond in the center, was a wedding gift from Dr. john williamson to Princess Elizabeth on 1947. The brooch was designed by Cartier. This is the queen's favorite jewel.
Rose brooch
Carved from jadeite and diamonds, it was given to Queen Mary by Turkey in 19 1 1.
Victoria's diamond brooch
Queen Victoria's diamond brooch is made of 12 large diamonds and emeralds, and the diamonds have waterfall tassels. These diamonds were a gift from the Sultan of Turkey to the Queen in 1856.
Cullinan diamond brooch
Cullinan diamond heart-shaped brooch
Australian Vitex brooch
Queen Victoria Pearl Diamond brooch
Royal jewels have been handed down from generation to generation, and the number is huge. The list above is only a small part of it.
Who owns the most jewels in the world in the past hundred years? Not the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Grace, or Elizabeth Taylor. Is it Queen Elizabeth II? She will tell you, "My jewelry is less than half that of my grandmother, Queen Mary." Yes, Queen Mary of England is the real jewel queen. The shining jewels in her hand once lit up half the world. However, most people know nothing about it.
In front of Queen Mary, almost all women have to curtsy respectfully. Because no matter their status, jewelry and bearing, they can't compare with the woman who never leaves the empire.
Quiet jewelry collector
When the little girl with dark hair was born in Kensington Palace in London, no one knew that one day she would become the queen of the empire. Although the girl has the title of Princess of the Principality of Wü rttemberg on her head, she is not beautiful. The locked brows always make her look serious and rigid, and the unique cold eyes of Germans seem to keep people away all the time. Such girls will never be the focus of social season. More importantly, she was born in a collateral duke family and has no right to inherit the throne. So, for a long time, she was just an ordinary aristocratic girl.
Although the British royal family in the early 20th century was rich in the world, it was not extravagant in jewelry. However, Mary inherited the aesthetic taste of the German-Austrian royal family for precious jewels from her grandfather, Prince Frederick. She loves amber, emeralds and diamonds. In order to comfort the princess who unfortunately lost her fiance, Queen Victoria gave her as many as 1500. As a result, Londoners were lucky enough to visit Princesse Marie's luxurious jewelry and dowry, including 3 crowns, 26 bracelets, 44 brooches and 65,438+05 necklaces, all of which were inlaid with precious diamonds and rubies. The Times directly commented that "this is a queen's collection!"
According to statistics, on the day of coronation, Mary wore nearly ten thousand diamonds and precious stones of various colors. Among them, the crown inlaid with 2,200 diamonds is not only inlaid with Curry Nan Di I, which weighs 530 carats, and Curry Nan Di stone, which weighs 63.6 carats, but also includes a giant Indian diamond Guangshan, which weighs 186 carats. Will such extravagance and waste bring negative comments to the new queen? No, both the king and the people think that the queen's jewels add breathtaking charm to her, and those lights and glory represent the strength and majesty of the empire.
Passion hidden under jewelry
The most valuable jewelry in the world has become the goal pursued by the Queen of England and India. Only in jewelry can she occasionally show girlish feelings. At the end of World War I, George V and his children decided to send a gift to thank the Queen for her hard work in the war. What does Mary want? It's not a crown or a necklace, but a doll's house, which contains miniature jewelry clocks made by Catier and jewelry furniture made by Dunhill. Even her favorite coronation crown was specially made into miniature by Gerald and put in the doll's house. Nearly 2000 designers participated in the production of this treasure. Even the "soft clothes" include arthur conan doyle's mini-book version of Watson's Inference and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Rudyard Kipling Gong Ze Sang's mini-handwritten poems.
So exquisite, it is no wonder that the Daily Mail will admire many years later: "This is the unique royal temperament of the golden age, which cannot be copied, but can only be passed on."
Elizabeth II once said, "I generally have less jewelry than my grandmother, Queen Mary."
Yes, Queen Mary of England is the real jewel queen. The shining jewels in her hand once lit up half the world. However, most people know nothing about it. In front of Queen Mary, almost all women have to curtsy respectfully. Because no matter jewelry, status or bearing, it can't compare with the woman who stays in the empire.
When the little girl with dark hair was born in Kensington Palace in London, no one knew that she would be the hostess of the palace. Although the girl has the title of princess of Tengbao Principality, she is not beautiful. Always frown, making her look serious and rigid. The unique cold eyes of the Germans seem to keep people away all the time. More importantly, she was born in a collateral duke family and has no right to inherit the throne. So, for a long time, she was just an ordinary aristocratic girl.
189 1 year, she suddenly became the fiancee of the British prince. Queen Victoria took a fancy to her quiet and conservative, and personally chose her as her grandson Albert? The bride of Prince Victor. Unfortunately, many things happened: on the eve of the wedding, her fiance suddenly died of the flu. After a year of mourning, Mary married Albert? Victor's brother, Prince George. Because people were not very interested in the princess, it was not until the eve of the wedding that people noticed that the princess had a special hobby: collecting jewelry.
1893, when Princesse Marie married King George V, a girl from England and Ireland gave her a diamond crown. Although Britain in the early 20th century was rich in the world, it was not extravagant in jewelry, but Mary inherited the aesthetic taste of the German-Austrian royal family for precious jewelry from her grandfather Prince Frederick. Mary loves amber, emeralds and diamonds. In order to comfort the princess who unfortunately lost her fiance, Queen Victoria gave her a wedding gift of 1500. So, Londoners were lucky enough to visit Queen Mary's luxurious dowry: 3 crowns, 26 bracelets, 44 brooches and 15 necklaces, all of which were inlaid with precious diamonds and rubies.
When Mary really became queen, her jewels were even more amazing. The old king directly gave Cullinan, the largest diamond in the world, to his son George. Almost all people in the world believe that the prince will set this huge diamond on the scepter of the empire as a symbol of not falling into the empire. But no one expected that the real owner of Cullinan diamond was Mary. According to calculation, on the day of Mary's coronation, she wore nearly ten thousand diamonds and precious stones of various colors. Among them, the crown with 2200 diamonds is not only inlaid with the first diamond of Cullinan with 530 carats and Cullinan with 63.6 carats, but also includes the giant diamond Guangshan from India, which weighs 186 carats.
Who owns the most jewels in the world in the past hundred years? Not the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Grace, or Elizabeth Taylor. Is it Queen Elizabeth II? She will tell you, "My jewelry is less than half that of my grandmother, Queen Mary." Yes, Queen Mary of England is the real jewel queen. The shining jewels in her hand once lit up half the world. However, most people know nothing about it.
In front of Queen Mary, almost all women have to curtsy respectfully. Because no matter their status, jewelry and bearing, they can't compare with the woman who never leaves the empire.