The king’s headgear features a headband with a jade diadem that was a symbol of royal ... identity and communicating it to others. The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural ...

Meanwhile, the Diadem, also designed and made by J.W Benson, London, is smaller compared to the State Crown and made of white gold set with diamonds with an ‘awan larat’ (floral scroll) motif.