Queen Elizabeth needed money to pay for the Jubilee celebrations and began to sell off her valuables. The last of these was the Star of India, the most valuable diamond in existence. She went to a pawnbroker who offered her £100 pounds for it.
"Are you crazy?", said the Queen. "I paid one million pounds for this gem! Don't you know who I am?"
The pawnbroker replied, "When you wish to pawn a star, makes no difference who you are."