5. Necklaces set with diamonds
Given to: Elizabeth II, the queen
Given by: Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal
Estimated Value: Not provided
According to Middle East Eye, Queen Elizabeth II had meetings with Saudi Arabia’s five subsequent monarchs: Salman, Abdullah, Faisal, Khalid, and Fahd. When King Faisal visited the United Kingdom in 1967, he gifted Her Majesty a beautiful necklace made of diamonds.
Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Necklaces, ©Anwar Hussein Collection/ROTA/Getty Images
The necklace, which features “over 300 diamonds, including baguettes, brilliant, and pear-shaped pendant stones,” was created in the 1950s by renowned American jeweller Harry Winston. When the Queen went to the Gulf Kingdom in 1979, King Khalid, Faisal’s successor, gave her another necklace.
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