same year and, as the Duke of Windsor, went into exile in France, taking the 1902 coronet with him; it remained abroad until his death in 1972. In its absence, another coronet had to be made for the investiture of Prince Charles in 1969. Unlike the defunct coronets, this one is not a part of the Crown Jewels but the Honours of Wales.

Non-coronation crowns
In the Jewel House there are two crowns that were not intended to be used at a coronation. Queen Victoria's Small Diamond Crown is just  tall, and was made in 1870 using 1,187 diamonds for Victoria to wear on top of her widow's cap. She often wore it at State Openings of Parliament in place of the much heavier Imperial State Crown. After thePlease turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement At least 300 people have died and thousands are feared hurt after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck China's Qinghai province, officials say. The powerful tremor hit remote Yushu county, 500km (310 miles) south-west of provincial capital Xining, at 0749 (2349 GMT), at a shallow depth of 10km. Chinese TV showed wrecked buildings and people scrabbling through debris. Officials ordered rescue crews and supplies to Yushu, but the area is hundreds of miles from an airport. RECENT DEADLY QUAKES Feb 2010: Magnitude 8.8 quake in central Chile kills at least 450 Jan 2010: About 230,000 die in magnitude 7.0 tremor in Haiti April 2009: Quake measuring 6.3 in L'Aquila, Italy, kills 300 people May 2008: 87,000 die in 7.8 scale