The Royal Sceptres carried during a Coronation by the new Sovereign of the United Kingdom...

Coronation regalia; the sovereign's sceptre with the cross is a symbol of the temporal powers of the new sovereign under the cross of Christianity; contains the Cullinan Diamond, the second largest cut diamond in the world at over 530 carats; last carried in her right hand by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; the Queen Consort's sceptres were last carried by Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI in 1937; the doves are symbols of the Holy Spirit; illustrations from the series of Churchman's cigarette cards produced for the Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth;