All the belated news from India seemed bad, and Victoria vented her fury on the prime minister. "The Queen must say," she wrote to Palmerston on August 25, 1857, "that the Government incur[s] a ...

The Imperial Crown of India was made especially ... for the rest of her life. Here's Queen Victoria wearing the crown in an 1887 photograph. The silver gilt coronation spoon is believed to be ...

During her reign the British Empire reached the height of its prestige and she was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877 ... which she sat in the Coronation Chair. Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St ...

"The coronation of the new Queen Camilla and the use of the Koh-i-Nûr do transport a few Indians back to the days of the British Empire in India." The St. Edward's Crown, which Charles will wear ...

A crowd of 400,000 gathered on the streets of London to catch a glimpse of the Queen on her Coronation Day ... return to public life. Victoria became the Empress of India to tie the monarchy ...

Worn as a brooch by Queen Victoria, the Kohinoor ... the Queen Mother, during her coronation. India and Pakistan have demanded it be returned. The Queen Mary crown has instead been reset with ...

Platinum Jubilee: The Queen's Coronation, which opens at Windsor ... Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 and made by Garrard & Co., the necklace has since been worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen ...

apricot purée and curry powder was created for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Mayonnaise, golden raisins, almonds and mango chutney form the base of this newer take on the ...