Among the pieces is a jewel adorning Charles' scepter, which he held during the coronation ceremony and which internet observers claimed to be the controversial diamond known as the Great Star of ...

Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal scepter that King Charles III will hold at his ...

At his coronation on Saturday, King Charles III is set to hold a royal scepter that contains a diamond known as the Star of Africa, the world’s largest clear-cut diamond. The jewel was found in ...

Calls are growing in South Africa for Britain’s royal family to return the world’s largest known clear-cut diamond in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Known as the Great Star of ...

The diamond, part of the British crown jewels, is currently part of the Sovereign's Sceptre, also sometimes referred to as the Imperial Sceptre or Royal Sceptre. This photograph showing the Great ...

The main stone – the 530.2-carat Cullinan I diamond, also called the Star of Africa – rests at the top of the monarch’s scepter. Inside Westminster Hall: The somber scene as mourners ...

The Great Star of Africa, otherwise known as Cullinan I, is currently mounted on the late sovereign’s royal scepter but originally hails from South Africa. The 530-carat diamond was presented to ...

Among the gems are the Black Prince's ruby (not actually a ruby but a semi-precious stone called a spinel), the Stewart Sapphire and the Cullinan II diamond. The Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ...

However, it is not in its original condition as in 1910, King George V had the sceptre altered to include a 530.2 carat Cullinan I diamond. The jewel is the largest cut white diamond in the world ...

The jewel-studded scepter was carried atop Queen Elizabeth ... African country’s “continued ascent as a global leader in diamond production.” Some of the world’s largest stones have ...