Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Crown Jewels If the person who said, L'neasy lies the head that wears a crown, were thinking of the British Crown, he spoke a great truth. For the Imperial Crown. originally made for Queen Yictorias corcnation, weighs no less than three and one-half pounds. The chief jewels in it were taken from older crowns and from the Royal collection. The most famous jewel in the Crown is the Great Ruby. Since it was presented to the Black Prince in 1367, it has had an event- ful history. In 1415 it was worn by Henry Y in the coronet which encircled his helmet at the battle of Agincourt. After the battle it was found that a piece had been chipped from it. .VX tremendous blow. aimed at the King. had been turned aside by the ruby. Follow- ing is a list of the jewels in the Imperial Crown: 2,800 diamonds, 377 pearls, 17 sap- phires, ll emeralds and S rubies--a collec- tion which would make anyone forget. Tl10ll shalt not covet. .-Xt the Coronation, Queen Elizabeth will be crowned with the Queen Consort's crown -a golden circlet set with precious stones. The Queen Mothers crown has set in the front of it the famous diamond, The Koh-i- noor, or Mountain of Light. This stone has had a fateful history. Any man, so runs the prophecy, who wears it will be cursed with ill-luck. History records that no less than four Eastern rulers who wore it died a violent death. However, in 1840 the East India Company obtained possession of it and presented it to Queen Victoria, Prior to the actual ceremony of crowning, the Sword of State is girded on the Sove- reign. In the Regalia are three other swords -the sword of Mercy. which is blunt and unpointed: the Sword of Spiritual justice. which is slightly pointed, and the Sword of Temporal justice, which has a keen edge and a sharp point, emblematic of the sharpness and keenness of English justice. just before the King is crowned, his heels are touched with the Golden Spurs, which have no rowels on them. The consecrated oil with which the King is anointed is kept in the Ampulla or Golden EASTERN ECHO by OLIVE KAY, 451 Eagle. This is a vessel of gold in the shape of an eagle with wings out-stretched. The anointing spoon is also of gold, having a finely chased bowl, and in the handle are set four pearls. Four Sceptres will be used in the Corona- tion ceremonyfthe Royal Sceptre, with its cross of gold and jewels, which contains the largest drop-shaped diamond in the world: the Queens Sceptre, with the cross of gold and jewels. which dates back to the corona- tion of james Il, and was made especially for his consort, Mary of Modena: the Scep- tre with the Dove, which is borne in the Sovereigns left hand, and the Queens Scep- tre with the Dove. The emblems of sovereignty of the coun- tries of England. Ireland and Scotland are a pair of gold bracelets, first made for King Charles after the Restoration, .Ind then there are. in addition to all these wonders, the Orb of Gold. with a cross of jewelsg the smaller Orb of gold set with jew- els, which was made for Mary ll: the St. Edwards staff, which is a sceptre of gold. four feet, seven inches high, supposed, at one time, to have contained a portion of the true Cross: and the Queens Ivory Rod, mounted in gold and enamelled. Apart from the actual Regalia, but still a part of the Crown jewels, are several beau- tiful specimens of Royal plate, some of it as old as English Royalty, but some, in com- parison, quite modern-only two, three, or even four hundred years old. The Crown jewels are all kept in the Tow- er of London. heavily guarded. They are cov- ered by only a glass case, but any person who broke the glass would set the alarms all over the Tower ringing madly, Only one attempt to steal these treasures was even partially successful. In the eigh- teenth century, a Colonel Blood did succeed in making off with the jewels, but he was captured and executed. But more important, his loot was recovered, and relnains to-clay the outward sign of the majesty and splen- dor ol the British Crown. 7 Nineteen

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