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The St Edward’s Crown, King Charles will wear at the coronation. Image: AFP/ Jack Hill.

Coronation crown: King will wear rarest and most sacred crown

During the coronation, the King will wear the rarest and most sacred crown. Here is what we know about the St. Edward’s Crown.

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The St Edward’s Crown, King Charles will wear at the coronation. Image: AFP/ Jack Hill.

During King Charles III’s coronation, all eyes will be on his crown, the rarest and most sacred of all, The Telegraph reports.

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EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT KING CHARLES’ CORONATION CROWN

According to The Telegraph, King Charles will wear the St. Edward’s crown at the moment of crowning at the coronation, following tradition.

The King will also wear the Imperial State Crown during the Service, Buckingham Palace states.

St Edward’s Crown is historically used at the moment of Coronation. The late Queen Elizabeth wore the crown at her Coronation in 1953. 

The crown was made for Charles II in 1661. The medieval crown was melted down in 1649. This is according to Buckingham Palace.

The magnificent solid gold frame weighs 2.23kg and is adorned with 444 precious stones. It features four crosses pattee and four fleurs-de-lis. A cross, the publication reports, surmounts the arches.

After 1685, the crown was not used in a coronation for over 200 years, The Telegraph reports. In 1911, George V reportedly revived the tradition for his own crowning in 1911, and its been used by every monarch since.

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A ‘RECYCLED’ CROWN FIT FOR A QUEEN

Queen Consort Camilla will not wear the crown fitted with the hotly debated Koh-i-Noor diamond at the coronation.

Instead, the Queen Consort will wear a custom crown.

Express UK previously reported that King Charles wants Camilla to wear the crown with Koh-i-Noor diamond at the coronation. His grandmother, the Queen Mother wore the crown at King George VI’s crowning in 1936.

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Queen Consort, Camilla will wear a ‘recycled’ crown for the coronation. Image: Justin Tallis | AFP.

Buckingham Palace has since revealed that Camilla will wear a modified version of Queen Mary’s crown. Garrard made the crown for the 1911 coronation of George V.

It will be the first time in recent history that a queen consort will wear an existing crown for a coronation.

Camilla will be the first to ‘re-use’ a crown since the 18th century when Queen Caroline, consort of George II, wore Mary of Modena’s crown.

Since Queen Adelaide’s coronation, all British Queen Consorts have had their own special consort crowns made for them.

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