Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India in Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937, the date previously scheduled for Edward VIII. Elizabeth's crown was made of platinum and was set with the Koh-i-Noor diamond. Edward and Simpson married and became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, but while Edward was a Royal Highness, George VI withheld the style from the Duchess, a decision that Elizabeth supported. Elizabeth was later quoted as referring to the Duchess as "that woman", and the Duchess referred to Elizabeth as "Cookie", because of her supposed resemblance to
The People of India been produced at the time of Singh's death. The volumes were produced as two collections, with the first eleven comprising the National series and the remainder being known as the State series. Laura Jenkins has noted that the project has been undertaken The books use colonial ethnographies extensively and note, for example, that The People of India The People of India is a title that has been used for at least three books, all of which focussed primarily on ethnography. John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye compiled an eight-volume study entitled "The People of India" between 1868 and 1875.