The king will carry both in the procession as he leaves Westminster Abbey. The Sovereign's Scepter with Cross features a huge drop-shaped diamond, the Cullinan I, weighing in at 530.2 carats.

This 17th-century iteration was a replica of the medieval crown made for Edward the Confessor (hence its name), who reigned from 1042 to 1066 and was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.

King Charles’s drawings of Queen Elizabeth and Philip aren’t the first royal family items up for auction so far this year. In January 2023, Kim Kardashian bought Princess Diana’s cross ...

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