<P> Cullinan produced 9 major stones of 1,055.89 carats ( 211.178 g ) in total , and 96 minor brilliants weighing 7.55 carats ( 1.510 g ) ( on average , 0.079 carats each ) -- a yield from the rough stone of 34.25 per cent . There are also 9.5 carats ( 1.90 g ) of unpolished fragments . All but the two largest stones -- Cullinans I and II -- remained in Amsterdam by arrangement as the fee for Asscher 's services , until the South African government bought them ( except Cullinan VI , which Edward VII had purchased and given to his wife Queen Alexandra in 1907 ) , and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa presented them to Queen Mary on 28 June 1910 . Mary also inherited Cullinan VI from Alexandra , and she left all of her Cullinan diamonds to her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 . Cullinans I and II are part of the Crown Jewels , which belong to the Queen in right of the Crown . Asscher sold the minor stones to various buyers , including then prime minister of South Africa , Louis Botha , and the diamond merchants Arthur and Alexander Levy , who supervised the cutting of Cullinan . Some were purchased by Mary and set in a long platinum chain , which Elizabeth has never worn in public , saying that `` it gets in the soup '' . </P>
<P> Cullinan produced 9 major stones of 1,055.89 carats ( 211.178 g ) in total , and 96 minor brilliants weighing 7.55 carats ( 1.510 g ) ( on average , 0.079 carats each ) -- a yield from the rough stone of 34.25 per cent . There are also 9.5 carats ( 1.90 g ) of unpolished fragments . All but the two largest stones -- Cullinans I and II -- remained in Amsterdam by arrangement as the fee for Asscher 's services , until the South African government bought them ( except Cullinan VI , which Edward VII had purchased and given to his wife Queen Alexandra in 1907 ) , and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa presented them to Queen Mary on 28 June 1910 . Mary also inherited Cullinan VI from Alexandra , and she left all of her Cullinan diamonds to her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 . Cullinans I and II are part of the Crown Jewels , which belong to the Queen in right of the Crown . Asscher sold the minor stones to various buyers , including then prime minister of South Africa , Louis Botha , and the diamond merchants Arthur and Alexander Levy , who supervised the cutting of Cullinan . Some were purchased by Mary and set in a long platinum chain , which Elizabeth has never worn in public , saying that `` it gets in the soup '' . </P>
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Queen Elizabeth II
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