Jewellery has always been a powerful symbol of royal authority, part of a historical and cultural narrative, that helps situate its individual members into the arc of history.
Ashok Ahir, 60, who began working for F Hinds as an internal audit assistant in September 2022, told an employment tribunal the comment was made by retail director Jeremy Hinds (pictured).
Lucy Roberts, 39, was trusted to run a high-end store in Beverley, East Yorkshire - but instead helped herself to gold and diamonds, stashing them under her bed and in cupboards.
Louise Billman, 40, uploaded 'multiple' screenshots taken from compromising videos of her victim with a man. She was spared an immediate jail term because of her previous 'good character'.
Shocking footage posted on social media shows the red vehicle with its front numberplates missing being repeatedly reversed into the front of Brooklands Jewellers, in West Byfleet, Surrey.