Crowns and Royal Regalia

[iparity]

The Five Royal Regalia of the Kingdom of Thailand

The Great Crown of Victory

The Sword of Victory

The Royal Staff

The Royal Fan And The Royal White Elephant-Tail Whisk

The Royal Slipper


All the pictures are Scanned from Calendar 2006 of Bangkok Bank Plc.

[crisiñaki]

Originally Posted by Warren

pics from Escati.com...Kingdom of Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand

Left: The Crown of Siam; Right: The Prince's Coronet

1. Both have to be heavy as heck, they should wear a head/neck supporter of some kind to bear that weight
2. Did the DoE wear a crown in the coronation of QEII? Which one?

[deja]

The crowns of Castile and Spain can be seen here:

http://homepage.mac.com/crowns/e/avreg.html

The crown of Greece:

http://homepage.mac.com/crowns/gr/avreg.html

[Warren]

Courtesy www.bayernskrone.de
Made for King Maximilian I in 1806-7.

Crown of the Kings of Bavaria

[Dowager]

See this link

Nepal's ex-king refuses to hand back crown - Telegraph

Dowager

[Menarue]

I think that I would want to keep this gorgeous crown too.

[Prince of Chota]

Good for him. Interesting design, too. Love the hanging emerald pendants.

[ladyfizzle101]

Why is it that we dont see any member of the royal family wearing Queen Victoria's small crown? Why doesnt the queen wear it. I think its a beautiful crown. Do they still have it?

[PrinceOfCanada]

They do. It's on display in the Tower of London.

It is no longer worn because the Queen Mum had a crown made for the coronation which matched the Imperial State Crown. Also, it's miniature in size, not the size of a proper crown.

[Princess B]

i love the russian empress crown and the bavarian kings crown

I wonder if anybody has a pic of the imperial crown of india

[PrinceOfCanada]

Go to: Royal Exhibitions - Crown Jewels - Crowns

Pics of all the UK crowns there.

[RoyalistRiley]

Originally Posted by ladyfizzle101

Why is it that we dont see any member of the royal family wearing Queen Victoria's small crown? Why doesnt the queen wear it. I think its a beautiful crown. Do they still have it?

Good point. I'd have thought a small crown would have plenty of uses

[An Ard Ri]

There's very little information regarding the Spanish Regalia,are there any photo's of the Crown & Sceptre ?

[radama]

Originally Posted by MelinaB.

The coral parure is really impressive! I would like to learn more about the jewels of the Royal house of Madagascar. To be honest with you, I didn't even know that Madagascar had a royal family.

Yes many people ignore it till now and that's what it’s so wonderful with blogging on TheRoyalforums nowadays. The Kingdom of Madagascar has been recognized for the first time by a great power, Great Britain in 1817 although some principalities have escaped to the Kingdom of the Center.It ends in 1897 six months after the colonization of the Big Island by France. But let's go back to the Malagasy royal jewels now. Here's an array of the same pictures below :







1 The Coral Tiara of the Queen RANAVALONA III of Madagascar:



2 A part of the last Queen of Madagascar’s Coral full dress:


3 The Queen RANAVALONA III portraited by Trevor HADDON in London – Credit Photo : Rominia:


The picture of the Queen (3) with her light diamond tiara and the State Crown on her right is from a Trevor HADDON portrait made in London from photography.
It‘s described as a light diamond tiara topped with “brillants” and centered with an enamel “médaillon” of the royal arms. It is a private jewel purchased in Paris in early 1887 on her own cassette. She will bring it with her in exile in Algiers in 1899.

If she reigns today on our Great Island, Ranavalona III would surely be trimmed with diamonds but also multicolored fancy sapphires as the country abounds.
However the Queen was portrayed (4) with the massive gold state crown with seven spearheads (5) and the small gold crown decorated with lilies and royal insignia (6 - 7) the seven spareheads.
The state crown is yet now exposed at the Museum , it was made by Malagasy jewelers with the first kilogram of gold officially mined in the country inca.1890

4 The Queen RANAVALONA III of Madagascar (1861-1917) with the gold State Crown – “coloured” portrait:


5 & 5a The massive gold state crown with 7 spearheads:


6 RANAVALONA III with the small gold crown – Credit Photo : IMPA :


7 The small gold crown– Credit Photo: Fonds Grandidier: