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Also would the world be a better place if they gave it back to some third party, so it can be sold to a private collection and be locked in a vault somewhere?
by pippy 4y ago
Also would the world be a better place if they gave it back to some third party, so it can be sold to a private collection and be locked in a vault somewhere?
Where it is now has a lot of historical and cultural significance. It is currently being admired publicly by thousands of people, sitting on the coffin of Queen Elisabeth.
- blibble 4y agothe Imperial State Crown is the one sitting on HMQs coffin and has the Cullinan II diamond (among many others) the one in the article (containg the Koh-I-Noor) is the Queen Mother's Crown
- OJFord 4y ago> It is currently being admired publicly by thousands of people, sitting on the coffin of Queen Elisabeth. [sic] I think you mistook that photograph in the article or misread the caption - that was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's coffin; not Elizabeth II's. The crown 'currently being admired publicly [...]' does not contain the Kohinoor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_State_Crown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_State_Crown