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Cullinan Diamonds to Go on Display for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Posted on the 18 May 2012 by Pricescope @pricescope

By Erika W.

Seven of the nine principal stones cut from the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond will go on display at the upcoming "Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration" exhibition at Buckingham Palace this June. The show is part of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, commemorating the monarch's sixty-year reign and will include an unprecedented selection of the most renowned royal jewels.
The exhibition will reunite seven Cullinan diamonds set in three brooches, a ring and a necklace. The remaining two form part of the Crown Jewels and are held in the The Royal Sceptre and The Imperial State Crown.

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