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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Pegg

Official jewellery gifts to royals worth £80m are not in national collection

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The potential sale value of the pieces is almost impossible to determine. Composite: Guardian Design/Alamy/ Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty Images

Buckingham Palace is refusing to explain why 11 pieces of jewellery potentially worth £80m that were official gifts to the royal family are not held in a trove of national heritage.

The jewels, which have been worn by Queen Elizabeth II; Camilla, the Queen Consort, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, are not contained in the royal collection, the custodian of culturally significant items held in trust for the nation.

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