![The Cullinan V brooch on display in the Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration exhibition which forms part of the summer opening of Buckingham Palace on June 28, 2012 in London, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0529-02-cullinan02.jpg?resize=1200%2C777&ssl=1)
We’re getting close to the top of our Platinum Jubilee countdown of the Queen’s best platinum jewels, and today’s piece is a true star: the Cullinan V Brooch.
![The Cullinan Diamond, which was subsequently cut in two and presented to Edward VII for mounting in the Royal Sceptre, on show soon after it was discovered](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0126-01-cullinan02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1619&ssl=1)
Just like the glittering brooch we featured yesterday, this royal brooch features a large gemstone produced from the grand Cullinan Diamond. The enormous rough diamond, discovered in South Africa in 1905, weighed more than 3000 carats. It was decided to present the diamond to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and it was subsequently sent to the workshop of the Asschers in Amsterdam to be cut.
![The Cullinan V brooch on display in the Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration exhibition which forms part of the summer opening of Buckingham Palace on June 28, 2012 in London, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0529-02-cullinan01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1679&ssl=1)
Nine major diamonds were produced from the stone, along with 96 smaller diamond brilliants. The fifth stone cut from the Cullinan is an 18.8-carat heart-shaped diamond. Queen Mary is the one who was able to decide how the Cullinan V should be set, and the primary setting selected was this intricate diamond and platinum brooch. The heart-shaped diamond radiates out of the center of the piece.
![The Honeysuckle Tiara](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0507-01-mary09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1778&ssl=1)
But Queen Mary being Queen Mary, the diamond was also designed to be worn in other ways as well. Here, she wears it in the center of her honeysuckle tiara, which was made for her by Wolff & Co. for Garrard in 1914. (She’s also wearing more Cullinans on her bodice, in the form of the Cullinan III & IV Brooch.)
![Queen Mary (May of Teck) standing, wearing the Delhi Durbar Tiara, including the Cullinan III (top) and Cullinan IV (center) diamonds, and holding a folded fan. The Delhi Durbar Tiara was created in 1911 and modified to accommodate the Cullinan stones in 1912](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0528-02-cullinan04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1513&ssl=1)
The brooch setting of the Cullinan V could also be combined with other pieces to make larger corsage ornaments. Here, she wears the Cullinan V Brooch between the sections of the Cullinan VI & VIII Brooch. It was also sometimes worn with the Delhi Durbar Stomacher. (She’s wearing the tiara from the Delhi Durbar Parure here, with the Cullinan III and IV diamonds set in it.)
![Queen Elizabeth II watching Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during a cricket match at Highclere Castle, Highclere, Hampshire, 3rd August 1958](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0529-02-cullinan03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1692&ssl=1)
The Queen inherited the Cullinan V Brooch from Queen Mary in 1953. She wore her grandmother’s brooch often from the start. Here, she wears the brooch to watch a cricket match at Highclere Castle in August 1958. The castle was home to one of the Queen’s best friends, her racing manager, the 7th Earl of Carnarvon. (It’s also, famously, where Downton Abbey is filmed.)
![Britain's Queen Elizabeth II carries flowers after the Royal Maundy Service held at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, 08 April 2004](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0529-02-cullinan04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1516&ssl=1)
The Queen has worn the brooch over a years for a whole range of events and occasions. We’ve seen it for everything from major family moments to important state occasions to significant religious celebrations. Here, the Queen wears the brooch for the annual Royal Maundy service at Liverpool Cathedral in April 2004.
![Queen Elizabeth II walks towards her plane with the Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, before she and the Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh depart Muscat Airport for home, after a five day State Visit to the Gulf region on November 28, 2010 in Muscat, Oman](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0529-02-cullinan05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1762&ssl=1)
Here, in November 2010, she wears the brooch for the official farewell ceremony at the end of her state visit to Oman.
![Queen Elizabeth II looks on after the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Mr. Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel on October 12, 2018 in Windsor, England](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-0126-01-cullinan08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1706&ssl=1)
One of the most sentimental appearances for the brooch in recent years came in October 2018, when the Queen wore it for the wedding of her granddaughter, Princess Eugenie. The romantic heart-shaped brooch is a perfect choice for a wedding celebration!
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