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Charles’ crown is NOT fit for a king and must be resized before his coronation next year.
- The King’s crown was removed from the Tower of London to change its size on Friday
- The coronation of King Carlos III will take place on Saturday, May 6 of next year
- The Palace has not revealed which crown the queen consort Camila will wear
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The crown that King Charles will wear at next year’s Coronation has been removed from the Tower of London in a top-secret operation before being resized, Buckingham Palace has revealed.
The ultra-high security operation took place under the cover of darkness on Friday night.
St Edward’s crown was transported under armed guard to a secret location where it will now be resized for King Charles’ coronation on Saturday May 6 at Westminster Abbey.
Mark Appleby of Mappin and Webb, who has been the crown jeweler since 2017, will spend the next few months working to make sure the diamond-encrusted crown is big enough to fit the new king.
It is believed that several “adjustments” will be required to ensure a good fit.
The crown of Saint Edward that King Charles II will wear at his coronation on May 6, 2023
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is crowned monarch of Great Britain holding the royal scepter, seated on the throne, wearing the crown of St Edward, at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953.
Buckingham Palace refused to reveal last night which crown the Queen Consort will wear.
The mystery will fuel speculation as to whether Camilla will choose to wear the Crown of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, which is set with India’s controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond.
The 105-carat gem is currently the subject of an ongoing debate over its rightful ownership.
Many Indians believe it was stolen by the British, but other observers argue that it was “gifted” to the East India Company by the former rulers of the Punjab in 1849.
King Charles III at the unveiling of the Queen Elizabeth II statue during an official visit to Yorkshire with Camilla, Queen Consort, on 9 November 2022
Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Imperial State Crown as she smiles at the crowd from her carriage as she leaves Westminster Abbey, London, after her coronation in 1953.
St Edward’s iconic crown has been removed from the Tower of London to be resized for the King ahead of the Coronation.
The King will also wear the Imperial State Crown at the Coronation.
But it is St Edward’s Crown that is considered the centerpiece of the Crown Jewels kept in the Tower of London.
It was made for Charles II in 1661 as a replacement for the medieval crown that had been cast in 1649.
The original was thought to date back to the 11th century royal saint, Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
The new crown, commissioned from Royal Goldsmith Robert Vyner, is not an exact replica.
But it follows the original design of having four crosses-pattée and four fleurs-de-lis, and two arches.
It is composed of a solid gold setting set with rubies, amethysts, sapphires, garnets, topazes and tourmalines and finished with a velvet cap and ermine band.