The Imperial State Crown also features 2,868 diamonds ... one of the largest-cut diamonds in the world. It was mined in India, reportedly between the 12th and 14th centuries, and changed hands ...

It was a royal ceremony unequalled in splendour and spectacle - an Emperor and Empress marking their succession in front of thousands of loyal Indian subjects. The Delhi Durbar of 1911 was staged ...

The current Imperial State Crown was made for King George VI in 1937 and replaced ... the 19th and 20th century were "part of a larger network of coloniality". Many in India have been similarly vocal ...

"Can India get back the kohinoor diamond/everything ... is set in the front band of the Imperial State Crown. The stones that make up the Cullinan diamond are valued in total at $2 billion.

but is ‘legally’ granted by the imperial predecessor. This was the case with India, Pakistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka and Ghana whose independence was the result of the British Crown-in-Parliament ...