The controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond is at the heart of the Queen Mother's crown—and it may be why Queen Camilla has chosen not to wear it for her coronation in May.

After Queen Elizabeth II’s death, some speculated Camilla might wear the Queen Mother’s crown, and the Koh-i-Noor diamond, during her coronation. Such a move would have been controversial.

CAMILLA will be wearing the historic crown encrusted with 2,800 diamonds, including the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor when King Charles is coronated in 2023. Here is all you need to know about the controver… ...

The Kohinoor diamond on the crown atop The Queen Mother’s coffin in 2002. Corbis via Getty Images. Around this time, rumors also started spreading that the famous gem was cursed.

The crown in question is the style created for the Queen Mother to wear at her coronation alongside husband King George VI in 1937, featuring the dazzling Koh-i-noor diamond.

A close-up of the Queen Mother's coffin, the wreath of white flowers and the Queen Mother's coronation crown with the priceless Koh-I-Noor diamond. Corbis—Getty Images. By Armani Syed.

The Kohinoor, one of the world’s largest and most controversial diamonds set in the crown of the Queen Mother, will now be passed on to Camilla, the Queen Consort to King Charles III.

The $400 million Koh-i-Noor diamond is said to bring good luck to women who wear it — and has been the showpiece of every queen consort’s crown since 1849, until now, thanks to its dark history.

The Queen Mother wore part of the crown at her daughter’s coronation in 1953. The Kohinoor has been among the British crown jewels since then, but governments in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ...

The controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond is at the heart of the Queen Mother's crown—and it may be why Queen Camilla has chosen not to wear it for her coronation in May.

On Saturday, Queen Elizabeth II announced that it was her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall will become Queen Consort when her husband, Prince Charles, becomes king. The monarch’s ...

On Saturday, Queen Elizabeth II announced that it was her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall will become Queen Consort when her husband, Prince Charles, becomes king. The monarch’s ...