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Daily Mirror
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Sara Wallis

BBC's Clive Myrie says 'bright and shiny' Crown Jewels are 'designed to shock and awe'

War correspondent Clive Myrie had never felt much connection to the Crown Jewels, a symbol of the British monarchy, until he noticed a striking poster on a Tube journey.

The poster showed a young boy looking at the Imperial State Crown.

Mastermind host Clive says of the moment, just before the first lockdown: “I remember just seeing the crown and this little black kid next to it. It was an ad to go and see the jewels at the Tower of London.

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