During the committal service for Queen Elizabeth II in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, the imperial state crown, orb and scepter were removed from the queen’s casket, and placed on the ...

The Queen Consort's scepter with cross is another piece of coronation regalia commissioned from Robert Vyner by Mary of Modena. The gold rod is made in three sections and decorated with rock crystals.

It's not quite in its original condition, though—in 1910, when King George V, Queen Elizabeth's grandfather, has the scepter altered to include the massive, 530.2-carat Cullinan I diamond.