British Royal Crowns!

The Imperial State crown, with the Cullinan II in front and the Black Prince's Ruby.

The crown of Mary of Modena. It now has paste replacements for the diamonds.

Mary of Modena's diadem. It also has paste replacements for the diamonds.

The Prince of Wales gold crown. Prince Charles wore this when he was invested as Prince of Wales.

Queen Mary's Crown. There are paste replacements for the Koh-i-Noor which used to sit in the front cross and the diamond at the top cross.

The heavy St. Edward's crown that British sovereigns wear at their coronations.

Queen Mary of Great Britain

Queen Mary wearing the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" Tiara without the thin diamond bandeau at the base which is now a permanent part of the tiara.

Mary wearing a diamond dog collar, large diamond earrings, and the diamond spike tiara that Elizabeth II wore at her wedding.

Queen Mary wearing just the diamond bandeau that is now permanently attached to the base of the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" Tiara.

Mary at her and George V's coronation. She is wearing the crown that was made specifically for her, with the Koh-i-nur diamond at it's center.

Queen Mary wearing a diamond collar necklace that had been made for Queen Alexandra, and the diamond kokoshnik tiara of Alexandra's.

Queen Mary when still the Duchess of York.

Mary wearing the diamond George IV diadem.

Queen Mary wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" tiara upright like a crown, a diamond dog collar necklace, and another necklace that also converted for wear as a tiara.

More postage stamps of Queen Elizabeth II and her family

A set of  5 British stamps commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. 

This picture of the Queen always reminds me of Princess Margaret.

A small assortment of some stamps I own of the Queen, and a Sarawak stamp featuring a pretty butterfly and her father, King George VI.

A young Princess Elizabeth (front row, far left) with her swim team.

Elizabeth and Philip on their wedding day.

A contemporary reissue of the Wilding definitive stamps that were the first stamps issued of the new Queen in 1952.

Commemorative seals celebrating the coronation of 1937 of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. I was always intrigued that they place the Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) next to the Queen Mother, since she always hated the Duke and his wife, Wallis, blaming them ultimately for her husband's death from cancer.

Stamps commemorating the death of the Queen Mother. These are identical to stamps issued for something like her 80th birthday, except instead of the border being silver, it is black.

One of my favorite stamps, since Queen Mary is wearing a pretty spiky tiara and a large row of pearl chokers and necklaces.

A seal from the same sheet commemorating the 1937 coronation. She is wearing the Delhi Durbar tiara with the emeralds, and the uppermost emerald and diamond choker she is wearing was later gifted to Princess Diana by the present Queen.

An Australian stamp of the Queen Mother, which I love because she is wearing a lovely diamond spike tiara.