St Edward’s Crown, the historic centrepiece of the Crown Jewels, has been removed from the Tower of London to allow for modification work to begin ahead of the Coronation on Saturday 6th May 2023.
In a statement on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said “the King will be crowned with St Edward’s Crown during the Coronation Service at Wabbey on 6 May 2023.”
The ceremony will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the monarch’s accession and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Crown, which was made for the Coronation of Charles II in 1661, was a replacement for the medieval crown which had been melted down in 1649, by the Parliamentarians, and which was thought to date back to the 11th century royal saint, Edward the Confessor (St Edward), the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
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