sceptre

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The drag star described the show as the "most amazing experience" after collecting the sceptre from series six winner Kyran Thrax.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

The result: An imposing figure of a seated emperor, draped in a gilded tunic and holding a sceptre and orb, gazing out over his Rome from a side garden of the Capitoline Museums.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Made of gold, silver and precious gems, they are the oldest crown jewels in Britain and comprise the priceless crown, sceptre and sword of state.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

Three years later it was used again, together with the sword and sceptre which make up Scotland's Crown Jewels, to crown the infant Mary Queen of Scots.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

The king seated himself in the right-hand throne with a golden crown upon his head and a jeweled sceptre in one pale hand.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin