

They were among dozens of boxes that were searched by police that were not linked to the sale of the diamonds, which were sold in an underground market. Instead, the police said the family was simply trying to protect the jewelry from thieves.īut police sources told NBC News they found some of the jewelry boxes were filled with money and other valuables and were also empty. The royal family was never charged with a crime. It was the largest seizure of jewelry in the world, but it was the smallest in the kingdom. The diamonds were found by the police in May 2013 after they were confiscated by police.

The pearls, diamond rings and other precious stones were taken from a jewelery shop owned by a cousin of Charles II’s and given to the king by his father as a present. The diamond ring was a ring the family had bought at a jeweler’s shop. The box was filled with jewelry and other items. The family’s jewelry collection is considered a museum treasure, and the Prince of Wales has said he wants to preserve it.īut the $10 million jewelry box found in the prince’s Buckingham Palace bedroom in 2013 was something else. The necklace was a gift from his father, Prince Andrew, who was the first of the line of royal descendants to inherit the throne from his great-great-grandfather, the late Charles II, who died in 1703.

The prince of the English royal family, Prince Charles, gave it to the British queen as a wedding present after he was named king on July 5, 2013. It was an unexpected find: a $10,000 necklace made from diamonds and pearls.
