It was said to “change course” and slowly some little hint of King Charles’ willingness to do things his way it really comes up. We can see this in choosing to keep a low profile and trying to bring tradition into the modern world. The perfect example is choice (with related disputes) crowns for the queen consort on her coronation day. The obvious choice in the name of tradition would be for Camilla to wear the crown of the Queen Mother, which, however, carries with it a history of colonialism and imperialism. Thus, King Charles went the other way.
Queen Camilla at the inauguration ceremony will wear the historic crown of Queen Mary Buckingham Palace reports. “Queen Mary’s crown has been removed from display at the Tower of London for refurbishment ahead of the coronation of Her Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen Consort on Saturday, 6 May 2023,” writes da Palazzo. Westminster Abbey”.
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As da Palazzo explains, this will be the first time in recent history that an existing crown will be used to crown a spouse, and it will happen. “in the interests of sustainability and efficiency”. The crown will come as usual partially modified by a crown jeweler “in keeping with a long tradition, the insertion of jewelry is unique to the occasion and reflects the individual style of the spouse.” Specifically, the press release states: “These changes pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as the crown will be adorned with Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds.” These diamonds were actually part of the personal collection of Queen Elizabeth II. who wore them as brooches for many years. To trace the entire history of Camilla’s crown, it seems that the king and queen consort have this time decided to take into account, at least superficially, the racist and colonialist heritage of the British monarchy.
Source: Elle