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Queen Elizabeth II owns a historic collection of over 300 pieces of jewelry as both monarch and private individual. Many of the pieces were acquired from other countries as gifts or during times of civil war or revolution. As the longest-serving monarch, the Queen only wears the Crown Jewels at coronations and parliamentary openings, wearing pieces from her personal collection at other formal occasions. The Crown Jewels were hidden from the Nazis in World War II by storing them in a secret room below Windsor Castle accessed by a long ladder, with some pieces removed from settings and placed in biscuit tins. When examining pearls from St. Edward's Crown, the Queen remarked that pearls are like living creatures that have been sad from hanging out for

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Elizabeth 2 - Proiect Engleza

Queen Elizabeth II owns a historic collection of over 300 pieces of jewelry as both monarch and private individual. Many of the pieces were acquired from other countries as gifts or during times of civil war or revolution. As the longest-serving monarch, the Queen only wears the Crown Jewels at coronations and parliamentary openings, wearing pieces from her personal collection at other formal occasions. The Crown Jewels were hidden from the Nazis in World War II by storing them in a secret room below Windsor Castle accessed by a long ladder, with some pieces removed from settings and placed in biscuit tins. When examining pearls from St. Edward's Crown, the Queen remarked that pearls are like living creatures that have been sad from hanging out for

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Queen Elizabeth II

and her jewels

Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on


April 21, 1926, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York (later known
as King George VI), and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She married Philip
Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, became queen on February 6,
1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She is the mother of Prince
Charles, heir to the throne, as well as the grandmother of
princes William and Harry. As the longest-serving monarch in British
history, she has tried to make her reign more modern and sensitive to a
changing public while maintaining traditions associated with the crown.
Queen Elizabeth II, owns a historic collection of jewels – some as
monarch and others as a private individual. They are separate from the
coronation and state regalia that make up the Crown Jewels.
The origin of a distinct royal jewel collection is vague, though it is
believed the jewels have their origin somewhere in the 16th century.
Many of the pieces are from overseas and were brought to the United
Kingdom as a result of civil war, coups and revolutions, or acquired as
gifts to the monarch. Most of the jewellery dates from the 19th and 20th
centuries.
Elizabeth owns more than 300 items of jewellery, including 98
brooches, 46 necklaces, 37 bracelets, 34 pairs of earrings, 15 rings, 14
watches and 5 pendants.
The Crown Jewels are only worn at coronations (St Edward's
Crown being used to crown the monarch) and the annual State Opening
of Parliament (the Imperial State Crown). At other formal occasions,
such as banquets, the Queen wears the jewellery in her collection.
The Crown Jewels Were Hidden from the Nazis in Biscuit Tins

The Crown Jewels are so important to England that special care was
taken to hide them from the Nazis during World War II.
A royal librarian recently unearthed evidence that showed that the
jewels were stored in a secret room 60 feet below Windsor Castle, which
could only be accessed by descending a very long ladder.
Some of the most important jewels were removed from their
settings and stowed in biscuit tins, lest they need to be moved again.

The Queen Seems To Think That Pearls Are Alive

The queen looked delighted to examine four dangling pearls that


make up one element of St Edward’s Crown.
Two of the pearls are believed to have been owned by Mary Queen
of Scots, and purchased by Queen Elizabeth I after the former’s
execution.
Upon examination of them, the Queen remarked that the pearls,
“don’t look very happy now … Most pearls like to be sort of living
creatures so they’ve just been out, hanging out here for years, so they’re
all sad. The trouble is that pearls are sort of live things and they need
warming.”

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