The road in front of St. George's Church in Windsor, England was crowded with people, and they came here to send the queen's last journey.
The Queen's parents and sister are buried in St. George's Church , and now it has become the queen's resting place, and this is also the last time the Queen "appears" in front of the public.
In order to let the queen leave the most unforgettable back for the world, the British government and the royal family gave enough arrangements.
The queen's coffin is wrapped in royal flags. In addition to the bouquets, there are also three treasures that symbolize royal power - the British scepter, the sphere of royal power and the imperial crown.
With the end of the funeral, the queen's life officially came to an end, but the dispute caused by the batch of jewelry she left behind had just begun.
After all, Elizabeth II , but it is known as "the person with the most jewelry in the world" .
Let us first see the charm of these priceless jewelry she has.
This Victoria Queen Golden Jubilee Necklace has a round and full pearls and crystal clear diamonds on the necklace, which are valuable at first glance, but in addition to the quality of the raw materials, the exquisite design of the necklace shape also adds a lot of points to the necklace.
necklace starts from the back of the neck, and uses pearls and diamonds from small to large to form a clover. Finally, the largest pearls and diamonds are used to wove into the lucky Clover . There is also a crown pattern symbolizing royal power on the top of the clover, and the lower part is a pendant with unique water droplet-shaped pearls.
The whole necklace is beautiful, and it really shows the jewel spirit when worn on it.
and this Delhi Dubar necklace . 8 crystal clear emeralds are inlaid on the necklace composed of double-layer diamonds. The pendant adopts an asymmetric design. One side is a water drop-shaped emerald, and the other side is 8.8 carats of Cullinan VII diamonds, which are of great value.
George IV crown is definitely the most amazing one among the queen's many crowns. The crown is inlaid with 1333 diamonds, which are made into 4 roses, 4 crosses, a bouquet of thistles, and a bunch of Clovers. There are hundreds of pearls on the crown seat.
When you put this crown under the light, you will know what is truly dazzling.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg among the many jewelry that the queen has.
According to the book "The Queen's Jewelry" published by British writer Leslie Field, the Queen owns more than 300 pieces of private jewelry in total...
BBC documentary "The Queen's Coronation" also has many scenes of the queen's priceless jewelry.
Who will inherit these jewelry eventually has become a topic of great concern to the public.
Although Charles and Camilla are the first heirs of the queen's property as successors and queens, it is widely rumored that the queen had a grudge against the two, so she made a will early, leaving all the property to the second heirs Prince William and Princess Kate.
And at the Queen's funeral ceremony, four jewelry from her life appeared on the British royal family members, perhaps it was evidence of the whereabouts of the Queen's jewelry.
One of them three-layer pearl necklace has obviously been given to her daughter Princess Anne .
and the other three pieces - maple brooch, millennium pearl earrings and another three-layer pearl necklace were all found on Kate .
As for camilla and megan , they both wear their own jewelry.
This also seems to confirm the rumor that the queen did leave a lot of jewelry to her granddaughter-in-law Kate.
However, when the battle for jewelry within the royal family was still full of fog, "Cheng Yaojin" who asked for the Queen's jewelry came out halfway, and there were still two.
. Indian people asked for the "Mountain of Light" worth 590 million US dollars
After the death of the Queen, Indian people initiated a request, asking the UK to return the rare treasure that should belong to India - "Mountain of Light ".
The so-called "mountain of light" is a giant diamond weighing 105.6 carats, with a valuation of .59 billion .
The reason why India asked for this diamond has to start with the origin of this diamond.
The history of Mount Light can be traced back to India in the 13th century AD. At that time, the diamond weighed 191 carats and was a rare treasure in the world. It has been circulated in the hands of Indian rulers throughout the ages for thousands of years.
However, in 1850, the East India Company snatched the giant diamond from the 10-year-old Sikh monarch 5 Dalipu Singh and presented it to 5 Queen Victoria in the name of Dalipu Singh.
Although it is a rare treasure, the British royal family has always been picky about jewelry. After getting the Mountain of Light, they were not satisfied with the appearance of the diamond and felt that the cutting technology covered the gems, so Queen Victoria ordered people to cut the Mountain of Light again.
Mountain of Light has also slid from the original 191 carats to the current 105.6 carats, and was inlaid by the queen on a crown base - this is the only crown made of platinum in the British royal family. In addition to Mountain of Light, there are more than 2,000 diamonds on it.
But this crown rarely appears in public because the mountain of light is also called "cursed diamond" .
Most male monarchs who wore Mountain of Light in India had no good ending, so there is a saying behind Mountain of Light: men will bring bad luck, and only women can be safe and sound when wearing it.
probably everyone thinks it is ominous, so even female monarchs rarely wear it, only Queen Alexander and Elizabeth II's mother have worn it.
This crown last appeared on the coffin of Elizabeth II's mother's funeral in 2002, and has been preserved in the Tower of London since then.
In fact, this is not the first time India has asked the United Kingdom for the Mountain of Light.
2009 , the great-grandson of the founding father of India Gandhi once made this request. But the then-Hian British Prime Minister Cameron refused directly when visiting India: "If you say 'ok' to everyone who makes such a request, the entire British Museum will become empty."
. Faced with the request of the Indian people, the British government and royal family also turned a blind eye and pretended to be nothing.
2. South Africa asked for a Cullinan giant diamond worth US$7.5 billion
Looking at the Indian people's request, the South African people also remembered that they should seek the British royal family to get a treasure - Cullinan diamond .
Cullinan Diamond is the world's largest diamond. When mined, the diamond was 3106 carats and the size of an adult male fist. It is a well-deserved behemoth among diamonds.
is not only large in size, but also excellent in quality. It is recognized as the best diamond in the world, with an estimated price of US$7.5 billion.
This diamond was discovered in 1905. At this time, South Africa was under British colonial rule. It was then "acquired" for a bargain price of 150,000 pounds and presented to the British royal family in 1907. The reason why
is said to be a bargain is because the royal family spent 80,000 pounds alone to cut the diamond.
At that time, the one who was invited to disintegrate the diamond was Dutch famous craftsman · Aschar . Because the diamond is very brittle, if you are not careful, this fist-sized diamond may turn from a priceless diamond into an ordinary broken diamond.
So when Yo Aschar was under great pressure, he was sweating all over when he hit him. After the diamond was finally divided into 9 large diamonds and 96 small diamonds, he fainted from exhaustion.
Today's Cullinan is no longer a complete diamond, but has been renamed as "Cullinan I" and "Cullinan II" according to its size...
Among them, Cullinan I weighs 530.2 carats, has 74 facets, and is in the shape of water droplets. Now the largest diamond in the world is inlaid on British King Scepter .
Cullinan II weighs 317.4 carats, making it the third largest diamond in the world. It has a square appearance and has 64 sides.
It is embedded in the center of the cross on the top of the crown of the Empire.
Imperial crown is actually a "imitation product".
Because, the crown that truly symbolizes the British royal power was originally the 356-year-old Saint Edward's crown.
This crown is made of pure gold and is inlaid with nearly 400 various gems, with a grand and elegant shape.
But this crown also has one disadvantage - it is too heavy, because there are too many gems, the crown weighs 4.4 kilograms. Many British monarchs only wear it in a hurry when they are crowned and then take it off quickly.
Later, Queen Victoria thought of a way - to create a lighter crown, which is the imperial crown.
The shape of the imperial crown is exactly the same as that of the St. Edward's crown. Although it is a copy, its luxury is even more than that. This new crown is snow-white all over because it is inlaid with 2868 diamonds and 273 pearls, and there are 17 sapphire , 11 emerald and 5 rubies.
The huge Cullinan II embedded in the base of the crown is undoubtedly the most eye-catching existence in the crown. In addition to the Cullinan II, many of the diamonds on the crown of the Empire also come from the Cullinan raw stones.
The British royal family also adopted a deaf strategy for the demands of the South African people, and finally left it alone.
3. The national treasure from China in the British Museum
In addition to India and South Africa, the UK's hundreds of years of plundering history destined that they have a lot of wealth from other countries.
Someone once analyzed the Queen's ascension picture and found that her jewelry from head to toe was stolen from other countries.
In fact, many treasures in China have been plundered by the UK. They are now hidden in the British Museum, and are said to be as many as 123,000 pieces.
The value of these treasures is no less than those diamonds and gems, and it is even more than that.
, female history guide
Although the existing " female history guide " is a copy of the original work of Gu Kaizhi by descendants of the Tang Dynasty , it is definitely a national treasure-level picture scroll, with a history of more than a thousand years.
The whole painting is 3.48 meters long and 24.8cm high. The scroll is divided into 9 sections. It is a poem based on the story of showing the female virtues recorded in "The Adage of the Female Historian" by Zhang Hua of Jin .
This " Female Historian's Proverbs " was once the favorite of Emperor Qianlong. Qianlong, who loved to stamp, 37 chapters were harshly knocked on this picture, which shows how frequently Qianlong played with it.
This picture fell into the hands of the British when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China.
After getting this picture, the British Museum framed it according to Japanese paintings because it lacked understanding of Chinese culture, so it divided the whole picture into three, which was a waste of resources.
The British Museum also knows the value of this picture and regards it as a treasure of the museum and rarely exhibits it.
, Dunhuang scriptures
1900, a Taoist priest in Dunhuang discovered a secret room in the Dunhuang Grottoes, which contained a large number of books and Buddha statues, collectively known as " Dunhuang scriptures ". The history of these scriptures can be traced back to more than 300 AD.
At that time, it was the time when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China. Foreigners tasted the sweetness and were eyeing China's antiques. After the news of the "Dunhuang Sutra" spread wildly, many foreigners came to Dunhuang and stole these sutras by bribery and deception.
Now, the "Dunhuang Sutra" is scattered in many countries such as Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States. There are tens of thousands of volumes in the British Museum.
These cultural relics that record Chinese culture, nowadays, Chinese people have to study them and go to the British Museum, which is really ironic.
, " Yongle Ceremony "
"Yongle Ceremony" is a book that collects ancient classics Yu Dacheng. Zhu Di also personally wrote the preface and title for it. The book has a total of 11,095 volumes, about 370 million words, and is called "the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world."
The "Yongle Encyclopedia" that exists today is two rubbings in history. It is said that it was originally hidden in Yongling, but whether it has remained still has not been confirmed yet.
1860, the British and French coalition forces invaded China, and the Hanlin Academy was looted and a large number of "Yongle Encyclopedia" were lost.
To this day, there are only more than 400 copies of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the world. There are more than 200 copies in my country, and the rest are outside, and there are 9 copies in the British Museum.
is written at the end:
Whether it is India, South Africa or China, it is difficult for the pursuit of cultural relics to have results for a long time.
But even so, we cannot stop pursuing, because this is not only a reminder of the British history of aggression, but also a whip to ourselves.
Only when a country is strong enough can it protect the safety of its people and property, otherwise no matter how good it is, it will become something in others' pocket.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Yangjing)
