which features 2,200 diamonds and was worn by Queen Mary when she took part in the coronation alongside her husband, King George V, in 1911. The choice to wear an existing crown as a Queen Consort ...
Eighty-years-ago today, the then-11-year-old Princess Elizabeth watched the build-up and excitement of the Coronation of her parents King George VI ... “Grannie” (Queen Mary) didn’t remember ...