Before her own coronation, the queen would wear St Edward’s Crown at her desk while going through her red state boxes in preparation for the ceremony.īefore leaving Westminster Abbey following the service, however, King Charles III will switch St Edward’s Crown for the Imperial State Crown. Set with rubies, amethysts, garnets, tourmalines, sapphires, and topaz and lined with purple velvet and ermine trim, the 17th-century frame weighs in at nearly five pounds in total. Its design is allegedly based on the crown made for Edward the Confessor in the 11th century-one of many royal objects believed to have been melted down following the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the subsequent establishment of the Commonwealth. The first is, of course, St Edward’s Crown, created by Royal Goldsmith Robert Vyner for the coronation of Charles II in 1611 and used in the moment of crowning itself.
In total, there will only be three crowns in the strictest sense in Westminster Abbey today-each of which features stones whose provenance has caused highly understandable discord.
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