The British crown jewels are worth even more money than you might imagine. Here's who inherited these treasures, along with Queen Elizabeth II's private jewelry collection.

When the French state scandalously sold off most of its crown jewels, Tiffany bought a third of them. A brooch made with 125 diamonds set in gold and silver that Empress Eugénie ordered from the ...

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, wears the Irish crown jewels in an 1889 painting by Sir Thomas Alfred Jones. Photograph by Davison & Associates.

Queen Mary poses for a portrait by Steen Evald at Christiansborg Palace, released by the Danish Royal House on April 25, 2024. Steen Evald, Kongehuset The crown jewels, which do not leave the ...

To be clear, the jewels were purely ceremonial—the king has his own. They were gifted in 1830 by William IV to the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, Ireland’s landowning pro-union elite.