The rod itself symbolizes "equity and mercy" according to the Royal Collection Trust, and the dove with closed wings represents the "holy ghost." The Queen Consort's scepter with cross is another ...

also called the Star of Africa – rests at the top of the monarch’s scepter. Inside Westminster Hall: The somber scene as mourners pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II As the royal ...

The new monarch is captured holding the Sovereign’s Orb and Sovereign’s Scepter ... Queen Mary’s crown and robe. Burnand, 59, also released a group photo of all the senior royal members ...

It is currently mounted on a royal scepter belonging to the Queen. Demands for the return of the Great Star of Africa and other diamonds – along with calls for repatriations – have intensified ...

The scepter and orb were crafted in 1661 for Charles II and are part of the Crown Jewels. The state hearse that will carry the queen’s coffin to Windsor is finished in royal claret, the deep ...

Royal admirers may recognize the Cullinan diamonds—Queen Elizabeth was fond of wearing ... and set in both King Edward VII’s scepter and the Imperial Crown. The three stones that will be ...

replacing the crown made for Queen Victoria in 1838. The golden, jewel-encrusted scepter has been a staple of coronations since Charles II got the royal treatment in 1661. Most recently ...

King Charles just made royal history in Canada—and the palace marked the moment with a rare throwback of Queen Elizabeth you ...