King Edward VII purchased Cullinan VI, an 11.5-carat marquise-cut diamond, for his consort Queen Alexandra, who had the stone set into a circlet (as seen above). When she died, it went to Queen ...

One find that won't be seen at a Coronation any time soon is the 2,492-carat diamond - the second largest ever discovered - that was found in Botswana last month. King Edward VII had the Cullinan ...

The Cullinan Diamond does not have a kidnapped child or ... government buy the diamond and make a gift of it to King Edward VII as a symbol of the Boers’ newfound loyalty to the British crown.

The Cullinan Diamond, weighing 3,106 carats in its rough state, was first discovered in 1905 at a mine near Pretoria in South Africa. It was later presented to King Edward VII as a gift and cuts ...

(In Helme's biography of Cullinan, he wrote that the original, uncut diamond was sent to London in April 1905 and was "officially presented to King Edward VII" on Nov. 9, 1907.) In 1908 ...

The diamond was eventually purchased by the Transvaal ... and state jewels like the Delhi Durbar necklace that features Cullinan VII and VIII.

on the 26th of January in 1905 and named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine. At the time, the diamond was given to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom as his 66th birthday gift and ...

According to the Royal Collection Trust, which oversees the royal collection of the British royal family, the Cullinan diamond was presented to King Edward VII (the British monarch at the time ...

Gifted to King Edward VII as a badge of loyalty from the South African British Colony, the Cullinan is largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, and bears the name of the founder of the South ...

in honour of the mine’s owner Sir Thomas Cullinan. The diamond was gifted to Edward VII, who wanted the diamond split into multiple gems. It took four days to prepare the cleaving knife and ...

King Edward VII purchased Cullinan VI, an 11.5-carat marquise-cut diamond, for his consort Queen Alexandra, who had the stone set into a circlet (as seen above). When she died, it went to Queen ...