Then there was Charles’ crown itself—the same nearly five-pound solid gold and ruby-, amethyst- and sapphire-encrusted topper that he watched his mother wear at her coronation—and St. Edward’s chair, the oak-constructed throne that has been sat on by monarchs for more than 700 years.
Noted Carpenter, “A lot of the royal regalia that’s presented to the king, the last time we saw that was actually on top of Queen Elizabeth’s casket.”
Camilla, meanwhile, was given a refurbished version of the Queen Mary’s Crown, made for Charles’ great-grandmother for the 1911 coronation of her husband, King George V. Reused “in the interests of sustainability and efficiency,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement, the piece was reset using the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds that Elizabeth often enjoyed wearing as brooches.
