British royalty/royal family

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To cheer myself up, I visited the Jewel House, where the priceless crown jewels of British royalty are kept on display.I made an effort to render the above as the following to see if I understand it accurately. Correct me if I am wrong? Thanks.To lift my spirits up, I visited the Jewel House, where the priceless crown jewels of British royal family are put on show/exhibit.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

To cheer myself up, I visited the Jewel House, where the priceless crown jewels of British royalty are kept on display.

I made an effort to render the above as the following to see if I understand it accurately. Correct me if I am wrong? Thanks.

To lift my spirits up, I visited the Jewel House, where the priceless crown jewels of the British royal family are put on show/exhibit.

Yes, that's the idea. You don't need to say 'put'.

Clive

Angliholic · Answer

Thanks, Clive.

Feebs11 · Answer

Just to be technical, the Crown Jewels belong to the Crown, not to the Royal Family.  The Crown Jewels are part of the national heritage and held by The Queen as Sovereign.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

It's an interesting point. This is an excerpt from a story in the Guardian, 2002.

( By the way, the original poster also mentioned the Jewel House. This is part of the better-known 'Tower of London'. )

Clive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/jubilee/story/0,11550,724373,00.html#article_continue

As with most crown assets, the ownership status of the Royal Collection and the crown jewels has been muddied by time and different people's interpretations. According to the Royal Collection Trust's latest annual report, the collection is "held by the Queen in right of the crown". The Treasury's long-held viewpoint is that the crown jewels, for example, are "non-surrendered crown property" which are "vested in the sovereign and cannot be alienated." However, the Duke of Edinburgh, in a TV interview in 2000 speaking about the Royal Collection's masterpieces, said that the Queen is, "technically, perfectly at liberty to sell them" - a viewpoint seemingly at odds with the "inalienable", namely non-transferable, status of the collection preferred by others.

The confusion is compounded by a statement by the then Lord Chamberlain, Lord Cobbold, to a select committee in 1971 in which he said that the Royal Collection is made up of items "purchased or acquired by all sovereigns up to the death of Queen Victoria". This seems to imply that jewellery and art bought by or gifted to monarchs since 1901 are part of their private wealth.

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