SCHOOLCHILDREN had a glimpse of what the
Crown Jewels look like yesterday.
Cricket was by no means the only sport up in arms at the Davies Report, which recommended that the Epsom Derby, rugby league's Challenge Cup final and the Winter Olympics should all be sacrificed from
crown jewels.
Mitie is taking over repairs to Birmingham council houses.'
CROWN JEWELS...
The dad of Prince William and Prince Harry won't be required to wear
crown jewels as the new king.
A WHEN the
crown jewels were kept at Westminster Abbey they were stolen in 1303.
The
Crown Jewels of Scotland will be on display during the state opening, but the Queen will not wear the Scottish Crown.
In a statement likely to draw the ire of activists hoping to see the diamond returned, historian Andrew Roberts told (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3308671/Indians-sue-Queen-return-100m-jewel-crown-Bollywood-stars-businessmen-launch-legal-battle-105-carat-diamond-say-stolen-country.html) the Daily Mail Sunday : "Those involved in this ludicrous case should recognize that the British
Crown Jewels is precisely the right place for the Koh-i-Noor diamond to reside, in grateful recognition for over three centuries of British involvement in India, which led to the modernization, development, protection, agrarian advance, linguistic unification and ultimately the democratization of the sub-c
CRYSTAL PALACE boss Iain Dowie is running scared of Manchester City's "
crown jewel" Shaun Wright-Phillips.
But former England prop Mike Burton said: "This isn't about wages and clubs going bankrupt, it's about the fact the owners of the clubs have realised that club rugby is not profitable, so they are going after the
crown jewels.
CROWN jewels worth more than pounds 5 million have been stolen from their secret hiding place.
More than two and a half million tourists visit the
Crown Jewels every year.
Culture Secretary Chris Smith is ready to risk the anger of fans and the BBC by allowing BSkyB to bid for matches under a shake-up of the TV "
crown jewels" list.
Officially known as the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, the so-called '
crown jewels' list was first created in 1991 by the then Home Secretary Kenneth Baker but was not given statutory footing until the 1996 Broadcasting Act.
LONDON, May 3 (KUNA) -- Kuwait First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Friday the Tower of London to see the
Crown Jewels. Sheikh Nasser examined the
Crown Jewels which constituted an important part of Britain's history spanning over 800 years, and included regalia and vestments worn by British kings and queens at their coronations.
The largest diamond extracted from earth was the 3,106-carat (http://www.cullinan-diamond.com/) Cullinan , a gem that was later used for the
Crown Jewels. Yesterday, April 25, it was reported that the second-biggest uncut diamond in accounts has been uncovered in Botswana by a Canadian mining company, (https://www.lucaradiamond.com/) Lucara Diamond Corporation.