We have come to the end of our special series ‘Royal Regalia: A History of Splendour’ and for our final episode we’re taking a look at some jewels close to home.

Although you may not have known this country would have crown jewels, we’ll find out the history that led to their establishment, how they trace back to British royal regalia and the suspicious circumstances of their mysterious disappearance, which is still unsolved to this day.

Matthew and Alyce are joined by a very special guest for this episode, leading expert on Irish silver and antique jewellery Jimmy Weldon, who has a familial link to the case of the missing jewels and is also Matthew’s father.

THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT

The complicated colonial relationship led to Ireland’s crown jewel collection
How provenance unimaginably inflates the value of crown jewels
A series of questionable events that led to their mysterious disappearance
Who would technically have ownership of the jewels if they were discovered
The Weldon family link to this curious case

MORE INFORMATION

The Irish Crown Jewels

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-crown-jewels-stolen

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-62924392

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QUOTES

It can be described almost as mystical. It's like they're like a mountain stream, where today we're talking about D color diamonds being the finest, in the old times they used to speak of diamonds being of the first water. - Jimmy Weldon

The key to understanding the Irish Crown Jewels, you can't mention them without mentioning that they're gone. - Matthew Weldon

This is fascinating to have a direct link to the possible recovery of such important jewels, especially to the country. But what do we think really happened to them? - Alyce Kethcer

KEYWORDS

#crownjewels #ireland #dublincastle #royal #diamonds #history