I saw this exhibition when I visited London in 2012 - it was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for archiving these displays so that I can relive my memories (and thank you to the TH-cam algorithm for recommending it to me all these years later, I guess).
Any one that knows how to handle jewellery of ANY kind should know to use white gloves so not to get finger prints all over the stones which in turn causes them not to sparkle like they should.
I was lucky enough to see this exhibition in 2012. I do have to say, the video is wonderful but seeing them in person is absolutely breathtaking. I love every part of history and it's amazing to see how much work and creativity was put in commissioning these pieces.
very solemnly respect the Nobility's greetings Sorry dear Queens Elizabeth! Forgive me Excuse me! good save our!!! Love is an Altruism White love of strong affection and personal attraction. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person eros, philia, agape. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person, love is a good trait that inherits all the goodness of feelings of compassion and affection, Feeling Introduction Responsible Attention Mutual respect
Do you know the fact that most of the jewelry is stolen from India. This is absolutely disgraceful that they are proudly displaying stolen items. Queen should return the jewelry. The Kohinoor diamond which she has in her crown is stolen from India.
@@rajeshramachandran1812 I am from the US; we basically stole land from the Native Americans. I get it - its sad that even happend in our histroy but history isnt pretty. Lots of famine, lots of poor people suffering, wars, corruption, theft you name it. I think doing right would be by making sure India's history is also shared and people are educated about it. Otherwise, the door opens and not sure if itll get resolved.
@@rajeshramachandran1812 Absolutely! The Us is trying to do the same thing by sharing the sad history of Plantations, and identifying those who were lost due to slavery. It wont undo history, but people should be educated about it.
I winced when I saw the print on the table of the Williamson diamond. An extremely rare brilliant cut purple-ish pink diamond weighing almost 25 carats and you can't clean it before the exhibit? WTF?
Thankyou so much for this! I attended the exhibition last week, so nice to have this "souvenir." I just loved the Coronation necklace, it was alive with rainbows!
Isn't it funny how we place importance on diamonds which are, in reality, extremely common. The only reason they have such value it's because they are withheld by others. If I had my choice I'd rather have colored stones, rubies emeralds Sapphires and such than diamonds.
...I agree deeply that stones of this size and colour are very rare. Try to understand, that even if you have some nice rough diamonds, you can even dispoil them by giving them a bad diamond cut. The visual beauty you can see and enjoy by watching the sparkle of a diamond is the result of a very good cut and polish. So you have the so called 4 c's which all have to work properly together: The cut, carat, clarity and colour. Those shown pieces have a good cut, definetely high carats, a sensational clarity and color. All these caracteristics make them to a big rarity. Don't forget, many of the shown pieces have been cut and polished in a time without high tech mashines or computers. Rubies, emeralds and sapphires are fine gems as well, but nothing is as durable and at the same time sparkling than a well cut diamond with a high light performance.
Myself, I'm particularly fond of amber, and pearls. 😉😍 A "white" or nearly colorless stone goes with everything, though... one avoids being criticized like the crown princess of Denmark, for wearing her ruby parure with an _orange_ dress. 😉
Oh my god bitch you're not special, every other fucking comment about diamonds is along the lines of this drivel. THESE DIAMONDS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND RARE AND THEIR VALUE REFLECT THAT! Of course the majority of black and brown gravel looking diamonds aren't valuable in jewelry, no shit!
I mean, to open your jewelry vault and having all these amazing pieces at your disposal. Wow! Reminds me of that scene in the Prince & Me where Paige sees the vault for the first time. Every girl's fantasy. I'd wear a tiara all day, every day - even in my sweats when I'm taking out the trash.
But for some reason people look down rappers or other celebrities that wear a lot of "bling". It's been a thing for centuries. I do love the way the collection is displayed. It brings all the focus to the pieces. Really extraordinary.
Not everyone would be able to go and see exhibitions such as these. Perhaps the exhibition isn't in their area, or they might be ill. So when something like this is posted, it would be nice to see the items as they are being talked about. After all, you wouldn't go to
Real stories is that bloodshed massacre by the British Empire during their rule . Every diamond is dripping with blood and having stains on it. Have a lot to say to the the world about British monarchy .
0:49 Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara (I think) that Elizabeth II wore on her wedding day. 1:20 (Far Right) and again 2:43 "Granny's Chips" or Queen Mary's brooch is amazing! Caret weight total is about 150ct! It only has two stones!!! 💎💎 *D A Z Z L I N G!* Thanks for posting! Mary really was the *Queen of Diamonds.* She wore a piece known as a diamond stomacher which was a HUGE jeweled wonder that is more armor than jewelry LOL!!! She would wear ropes of diamonds with her huge diamond brooch and beautiful tiara. _Have yo seen awr Mary's bonnet?_ _It's a stunner,--noa mistak!_ _Ther's a bunch o' rooasies on it,_ _An a feather daan her back._ -From the poem "Mary's Bonnet" by John Hartley
I really want to know why my Shazam app cannot get the song that is played in this video. It sounds so familiar to me and I am trying to get the name of it. Does anyone know what song is playing in this video?
Craftsmanship and history remain craftsmanship and history, however distasteful you may find any specific expression of craftsmanship and history. I don't see why you'd waste time bitching about kids these days instead of enjoying these historic diamonds.
Once Andy Warhol said that it would have been so glamourous to be reincarneted in a Elizabeth Taylor' s jewels but more glamourous in one of the Queen Diamonds😅
Victoria's crown has a very small circumference. She wore her hair in a bun on top her head and the crown over it. Being part of the Crown jewels, no one has the right to wear it but Elizabeth, unless on loan, but her respect for Victoria prohibits that.
How much is the crown worth? Officially, the crown jewels are priceless, since they are not insured. However, if appraised, they would be estimated at almost $6 billion.
I mean nothing compared to the heist of jewellery from India that the Europeans sold each other and are now scattered in private collections, including that of the British Royal Family. Just this year a British social media influencer appeared at the Met Gala wearing one of the Maharaja of Patiala’s legendary necklaces.
Millions starved to death in India when harvest was stolen by empire and aid ships filled with grain for India by FDR were not allowed to proceed further from Australia by Churchill! Monitor was taken from the young Prince orphaned after his father was killed by Brits, war loot not "gift" as falsely claimed in some comments below. Blood Diamond(s), worth a look!
To think that most these precious stones were taken from the colonies of Britain for centuries...just like the Koh-in-hoor diamond that was dug in South Africa.
Why don't we understand that attacking and ruling other places were common. A hell common. And the jewels were found by Britisher only so they took what the found. And others like were gifted they were stolen by someone else and the people who stoled were mostly Indian. And giving gift to your empress isn't a bad thing at all. And those so called DESHBHAKTS who are crying in the comment section does they even know what's the condition of our country even after that much years of Independence. The Countries like Japan who got independence even after us are so advanced and clean. So just shut up your mouth crying about what's gone and have focus on what we have and can do now.
The Grand Delhi Darbar was organized at Delhi on January 1, 1877, in which Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India. Queen Victoria was proclaimed with title “Kaisar-i-Hind” at this Durbar. Lakhs of amounts were spent on the organisation of this Durbar while the whole of India was undergoing a famine which they were responsible for but not a single amount of money was spent to ease the sufferings of the people facing the famines
@@maksudurrahman5300 what the hell...which country are you from ? India contributed 20%world GDP before british invasion and in that time even a poor farmer had more gold then a high middle class man so shut the fuck up if you dont know anything all British did was ruin us so keep your thoughts to yourself because it's worth nothing like your mom
@@maksudurrahman5300 and people do care and he is absolutely right most of them are from india and there is nothing wrong in it so what is you're point that you can't take any criticism you small minded people what our world don't require if you die literally no one would even care
@@Johndoe-gf7eu Why would anyone steal something that is rightfully theirs. Also, they cant take it back cuz us brits had the most power to even be compared with other nations at the time.
very solemnly respect the Nobility's greetings Sorry dear Queens Elizabeth! Forgive me Excuse me! good save our!!! Love is an Altruism White love of strong affection and personal attraction. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person eros, philia, agape. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person, love is a good trait that inherits all the goodness of feelings of compassion and affection, Feeling Introduction Responsible Attention Mutual respect
I saw this exhibition when I visited London in 2012 - it was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for archiving these displays so that I can relive my memories (and thank you to the TH-cam algorithm for recommending it to me all these years later, I guess).
Nice video but did anyone else notice finger prints on some of the stones? White gloves should have been used when handling them.
+Warren Ripley yes very much so.
Any one that knows how to handle jewellery of ANY kind should know to use white gloves so not to get finger prints all over the stones which in turn causes them not to sparkle like they should.
Maybe they're the Queen's fingerprints!!! You try telling her what to do!
Warren Ripley I would touch all those diamonds aswel if I had that chance.
They should wear latex or plastic gloves white cotton could catch on the fragile mounts and damage the metalwork.
I was lucky enough to see this exhibition in 2012. I do have to say, the video is wonderful but seeing them in person is absolutely breathtaking. I love every part of history and it's amazing to see how much work and creativity was put in commissioning these pieces.
very solemnly respect the Nobility's greetings
Sorry dear Queens Elizabeth!
Forgive me Excuse me!
good save our!!!
Love is an Altruism White love
of strong affection and personal attraction. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person eros, philia, agape.
Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person, love is a good trait that inherits all the goodness of feelings of compassion and affection,
Feeling
Introduction
Responsible
Attention
Mutual respect
Do you know the fact that most of the jewelry is stolen from India. This is absolutely disgraceful that they are proudly displaying stolen items. Queen should return the jewelry. The Kohinoor diamond which she has in her crown is stolen from India.
@@rajeshramachandran1812 I am from the US; we basically stole land from the Native Americans. I get it - its sad that even happend in our histroy but history isnt pretty. Lots of famine, lots of poor people suffering, wars, corruption, theft you name it.
I think doing right would be by making sure India's history is also shared and people are educated about it. Otherwise, the door opens and not sure if itll get resolved.
@@deniziz I appreciate you for telling the truth. Brits always denied of any wrong doings.
@@rajeshramachandran1812 Absolutely! The Us is trying to do the same thing by sharing the sad history of Plantations, and identifying those who were lost due to slavery. It wont undo history, but people should be educated about it.
They need to get the finger prints, off the jewelry. It takes away from the brilliance.
Sheree Morgan
I don't understand how they didn't notice- it really is quite blatant and it detracts a lot.
I winced when I saw the print on the table of the Williamson diamond. An extremely rare brilliant cut purple-ish pink diamond weighing almost 25 carats and you can't clean it before the exhibit? WTF?
Not so sure either whether or not all the stones in the royal jewelry are of perfect unblemished quality.
Thank you for sharing that beautiful collection.
Terry Hyde roll tide
7 rings: queen Elizabeth edition
I actually crying wth lol
Thankyou so much for this! I attended the exhibition last week, so nice to have this "souvenir." I just loved the Coronation necklace, it was alive with rainbows!
Isn't it funny how we place importance on diamonds which are, in reality, extremely common. The only reason they have such value it's because they are withheld by others. If I had my choice I'd rather have colored stones, rubies emeralds Sapphires and such than diamonds.
They are not common. You cannot simply find gem quality diamonds laying around on a walk in the park. Understand gem quality, and garbage quality.
But these are royal diamonds.
...I agree deeply that stones of this size and colour are very rare. Try to understand, that even if you have some nice rough diamonds, you can even dispoil them by giving them a bad diamond cut. The visual beauty you can see and enjoy by watching the sparkle of a diamond is the result of a very good cut and polish. So you have the so called 4 c's which all have to work properly together: The cut, carat, clarity and colour. Those shown pieces have a good cut, definetely high carats, a sensational clarity and color. All these caracteristics make them to a big rarity. Don't forget, many of the shown pieces have been cut and polished in a time without high tech mashines or computers. Rubies, emeralds and sapphires are fine gems as well, but nothing is as durable and at the same time sparkling than a well cut diamond with a high light performance.
Myself, I'm particularly fond of amber, and pearls. 😉😍 A "white" or nearly colorless stone goes with everything, though... one avoids being criticized like the crown princess of Denmark, for wearing her ruby parure with an _orange_ dress. 😉
Oh my god bitch you're not special, every other fucking comment about diamonds is along the lines of this drivel. THESE DIAMONDS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND RARE AND THEIR VALUE REFLECT THAT! Of course the majority of black and brown gravel looking diamonds aren't valuable in jewelry, no shit!
What a beautiful song that plays at the background. We really need to know its name, please.
It’s just a generic piece of “muzak” of the simplest kind which someone churned out one afternoon and didn’t bother to name. It’s nothing really.
I mean, to open your jewelry vault and having all these amazing pieces at your disposal. Wow! Reminds me of that scene in the Prince & Me where Paige sees the vault for the first time. Every girl's fantasy. I'd wear a tiara all day, every day - even in my sweats when I'm taking out the trash.
Chances are, you wouldn't be allowed to. Royal etiquette, some pieces can only be worn on specific occasions or whatever.
But for some reason people look down rappers or other celebrities that wear a lot of "bling". It's been a thing for centuries. I do love the way the collection is displayed. It brings all the focus to the pieces. Really extraordinary.
Maria Doulton has a beautiful voice, she is so elegant
Truly beautiful collection
The quality of your videos is unparalleled
This is absolutely natural diamond be. Love Jewelry Editor. 🥰🥰🥰
Could anyone know the name of the background music?
I would like to know too, beautiful music
what is the title of music?
Springs awakening
Sandstorm
Leila Morínigo is that the actual title of the song? By who?
thank you so much lady maria!
Would like to see more of the jewels and less of the talking heads.
wholeNwon
Obsolutly ‼️👍
Then go and see them yourself. It's the whole purpose of an exhibition
Not everyone would be able to go and see exhibitions such as these. Perhaps the exhibition isn't in their area, or they might be ill. So when something like this is posted, it would be nice to see the items as they are being talked about. After all, you wouldn't go to
Indeed i was there!!!! fantastic!!! Beautiful history!!!
His majesty is great.
Thank you ! A wonderful video !!
Please, what is the name of the music being played at the beginning.
OH MY GOD BEAUTIFUL CROWN AND DIAMONDS!!1
I am just wondering the real stories of each stone of those jewels.
The real stories of each Diamond and other gems
real stories that it have been stolen gems from across the world.
Dug by slaves in the mines.
Murder, Rape, Looting, Plunder. Thats your stories!
Real stories is that bloodshed massacre by the British Empire during their rule .
Every diamond is dripping with blood and having stains on it.
Have a lot to say to the the world about British monarchy .
Looted from india
Many jewels of Al Thani treasure.
And many Al Thani jewels originate from India
1:56 that's a looted indian sword for sure😂😂😂
Yeah and they have no shame showing it off like that
Yeah it is.
Museums are full of looted items around the world, stay mad tho, you aint getting yo shit back 😅😅😅😂😂😂
@@Johndoe-gf7eu You just proved thier point. Cuz that's the generic British take on other peoples belongings. Huge L 😂😂
Went to see this exhibition.
Wow!!! What a treat for the eyes!
I went to this absolutely amazing.
Anyone know if there Is there a book or catalogue available for purchase?
Would we ever be able to see it again in exhibition ?
What is the opening track????? PLZZZZZ
0:49 Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara (I think) that Elizabeth II wore on her wedding day.
1:20 (Far Right) and again 2:43 "Granny's Chips" or Queen Mary's brooch is amazing!
Caret weight total is about 150ct! It only has two stones!!! 💎💎
*D A Z Z L I N G!* Thanks for posting!
Mary really was the *Queen of Diamonds.* She wore a piece known as a diamond stomacher which was a HUGE jeweled wonder that is more armor than jewelry LOL!!! She would wear ropes of diamonds with her huge diamond brooch and beautiful tiara.
_Have yo seen awr Mary's bonnet?_
_It's a stunner,--noa mistak!_
_Ther's a bunch o' rooasies on it,_
_An a feather daan her back._
-From the poem "Mary's Bonnet" by John Hartley
aramanth that tiara is Queen Alexandra’s diamond kokoshnik tiara.
I really want to know why my Shazam app cannot get the song that is played in this video. It sounds so familiar to me and I am trying to get the name of it. Does anyone know what song is playing in this video?
The sword is just awesome... and ones heart lights up when you realize Queen Victoria had a taste for Indian diamonds and jewels
They were given to her you know that by the Indian government that's b******* lies
@ME C Queen Victoria was Empress of India. You do not steal from yourself.
You can't steal from your own imperial subjects, their wealth is already your property.
That's why she stole our jewels.
@@ds1868 British not ruled they robbed ... When you know the difference between that . You will correct this statement
Was Hundt Johan of Swabia a known armourer jeweller during days of King Edward VII? He had many lovers to impress.
The Queen looks stunning wearing that postage stamp crown!
The jewels are much better located here so that everyone who wants can see them.
anyone knows the music? :)
I can't see any of them that really impress me very much. Especially the ones with pearls on them. Never did like pearls.
The result of Imperialism... but still, the craftsmanship is astounding.
Magnífico, amei.
Sachen Coburg und Gotha familly jewles...how wonderful...it must be from good old days when England spread democracy throughout the world...
Fuck off!
So true!
beautiful
What is the name of the background music and where can i download it
Please tell me
The calinin dimond was the bigest in the world and came from RSA
Wow so beautiful.
would like to know more but how?
In 200 years our great great grandchildren will be looking at today's rappers diamond chains and grills at a museum.
Stupid. Do not compare music rappers to a Queen and Head of State to many many countries.
I hope not.
Craftsmanship and history remain craftsmanship and history, however distasteful you may find any specific expression of craftsmanship and history. I don't see why you'd waste time bitching about kids these days instead of enjoying these historic diamonds.
I love diamonds ^^
Spend less time showing people and more time on the jewels please!
Pparadise of the Queen?😗
Once Andy Warhol said that it would have been so glamourous to be reincarneted in a Elizabeth Taylor' s jewels but more glamourous in one of the Queen Diamonds😅
Stefania Frigato words from a dead gay
seria bueno q estuviera subtitulado en español
I wonder why no other queen or princess has worn Queen Vicroria's crown!!
Victoria's crown has a very small circumference. She wore her hair in a bun on top her head and the crown over it. Being part of the Crown jewels, no one has the right to wear it but Elizabeth, unless on loan, but her respect for Victoria prohibits that.
Actually Queen Alexandra consort to King Edward VII did wear Queen Victoria's small crown. No other Royal has worn it since then.
Chris Cherry
Marie-Therese Akl Her daughter-in-law Queen Alexandra wore it.
whats the song playing in the background?
How much is the crown worth?
Officially, the crown jewels are priceless, since they are not insured. However, if appraised, they would be estimated at almost $6 billion.
That would be one hell of a jewelry heist, that nobody could ever sell lol.
I mean nothing compared to the heist of jewellery from India that the Europeans sold each other and are now scattered in private collections, including that of the British Royal Family. Just this year a British social media influencer appeared at the Met Gala wearing one of the Maharaja of Patiala’s legendary necklaces.
I was shocked to see fingrrprints on some stones.......this is almost unheard of !!!!!!!!
Diamonds are the hardest substance known,they ain't going to dissolve with a fingerprint.
Man the queen has ice for centuries 😂
most of these treasures are from Gold coast now Ghana
Juliana Nyaho Tamakloe Which ones?
gracias por este video, es como si uno estuviera en la exhibicion, Dios te bendiga!!!
Beautiful❤
Exquisite!!!!
😆 (lol) AHA!…. So that’s where My Jewelry went.
me when i get a hold of a bedazzler 2:19
The Queen had to educate the plebeians on what a diamond really is
Jubillee is Marvellized
That sword was from India...
Millions starved to death in India when harvest was stolen by empire and aid ships filled with grain for India by FDR were not allowed to proceed further from Australia by Churchill! Monitor was taken from the young Prince orphaned after his father was killed by Brits, war loot not "gift" as falsely claimed in some comments below.
Blood Diamond(s), worth a look!
Sad to see indian pieces belonging else where. But im glad they do give credit to the indian even today
Does Her Majesty actually own these jewels? Does she need "permission" to wear them?
No, she owns them. She doesn't even need permission to wear them she can even give them to others to wear. Many royals borrow from her majesty.
The Crown Jewels, belong to the nation. Some of these are the Queens personal collection. Either way she says who wears them.
To think that most these precious stones were taken from the colonies of Britain for centuries...just like the Koh-in-hoor diamond that was dug in South Africa.
..."and the rest of you, just rattle your jewelry"
Famous Beatles quote!
Why don't we understand that attacking and ruling other places were common. A hell common. And the jewels were found by Britisher only so they took what the found. And others like were gifted they were stolen by someone else and the people who stoled were mostly Indian. And giving gift to your empress isn't a bad thing at all. And those so called DESHBHAKTS who are crying in the comment section does they even know what's the condition of our country even after that much years of Independence. The Countries like Japan who got independence even after us are so advanced and clean. So just shut up your mouth crying about what's gone and have focus on what we have and can do now.
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Now Camilla and Kate will get to wear these jewels! Mainly Camilla as she is the new Queen Consort to the King.
The Crown Princess should get to wear them, too. She’s been loyal and hardworking, and they were her mother’s jewels.
Woow
Extravagant.
Maria is much more knowledgeable than the *curator* lol.
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“Stolen jewels” should be the right title for this video.
Agree with you as most of the British jewellery were from India
The Grand Delhi Darbar was organized at Delhi on January 1, 1877, in which Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India. Queen Victoria was proclaimed with title “Kaisar-i-Hind” at this Durbar. Lakhs of amounts were spent on the organisation of this Durbar while the whole of India was undergoing a famine which they were responsible for but not a single amount of money was spent to ease the sufferings of the people facing the famines
iab ha exactly
@@maksudurrahman5300 what the hell...which country are you from ?
India contributed 20%world GDP before british invasion and in that time even a poor farmer had more gold then a high middle class man so shut the fuck up if you dont know anything all British did was ruin us so keep your thoughts to yourself because it's worth nothing like your mom
@@maksudurrahman5300 and people do care and he is absolutely right most of them are from india and there is nothing wrong in it so what is you're point that you can't take any criticism you small minded people what our world don't require if you die literally no one would even care
Most stolen or obtained through undignified means
When you steal something and no one takes it back, it is now yours. Stay mad
@@Johndoe-gf7eu Why would anyone steal something that is rightfully theirs. Also, they cant take it back cuz us brits had the most power to even be compared with other nations at the time.
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Sim❤❤❤
it betful
All from India with indian works....
The raw, unpolished stones are from India. The cuts and the crafting is European.
The South African diamond industry would not agree.
U just showed my bow I had warned in my hair u.
Yessssssss Darlings
I wish they had better camera quality, ruins luster
The brunette explaining the jewelry sounds like Cathrine, Duchess of Cambridge
??????????
Omg yes I thought that as soon as I heard her speak
Yes ,well educated neutral English accent, perfect elocution.
plus de prises de vu des bijoux auraient été préférables plutôt que ces dames jaccassantes
ของป้าเหรอหนูอยากได้
Can you imagine the amount of blood spilled so the tyrannical royals could wear these STONES!
Exactly she’s a mob boss
You moronic Twat,they were purchased or commisioned,how can you loot from Cartier??
@@marnasquires155STUPID
🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ the fingerprints!
Ur chp is badd :()love it.
Harika muhteşem
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very solemnly respect the Nobility's greetings
Sorry dear Queens Elizabeth!
Forgive me Excuse me!
good save our!!!
Love is an Altruism White love
of strong affection and personal attraction. Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person eros, philia, agape.
Love can also be interpreted as a feeling in a person, love is a good trait that inherits all the goodness of feelings of compassion and affection,
Feeling
Introduction
Responsible
Attention
Mutual respect