King Charles & Queen Camilla #1013 NFT on XRPL

King Charles & Queen Camilla #1013

Collection: The Royal Coronation

King Charles & Queen Camilla For his coronation, King Charles will be crowned with the St. Edward Crown, which was first created for Charles II in 1661 and was a replacement for the previous crown that had been melted down in 1649. According to the palace, the original was thought to date back to the 11th-century royal saint, Edward the Confessor, who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The replacement St. Edward Crown has a velvet cap with an ermine band and a solid gold frame. It is set with rubies, amethysts, sapphires, garnet, topazes and tourmalines. It was commissioned by the Royal Goldsmith, Robert Vyner, and incorporates elements of the original design by having four crosses-pattée and four fleurs-de-lis, as well as two arches. The crown is reserved for coronations and was last used by the late Queen Elizabeth II. After Charles is crowned with the St. Edward Crown, he will then swap the headpiece for the more commonly used Imperial State Crown as he leaves the ceremony. The Imperial State Crown was also worn by the Queen for her coronation, and was last seen on the monarch's coffin at her funeral in September. Per the Historical Royal Palace's website, the headpiece was first commissioned in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation. The stunning crown contains the world's fourth-largest polished diamond, the "Cullinan II," with a weight of 317.4 carats. (The stone was originally part of the Cullinan Diamond, which was found in Africa in 1905 and originally weighed a whopping 3,601 carats.) Above the Cullinan II sits the breathtaking Black Prince's Ruby, one of the oldest pieces in the family's collection of crown jewels. The headpiece is also decorated with an additional four rubies, 11 emeralds, 17 sapphires, 269 pearls and more than 2,500 smaller diamonds. The regal crown was one of Queen Elizabeth's best-known pieces, and the monarch donned the show-stopper for the State Opening of Parliament every year. When it isn't in use, the Imperial State Crown is closely guarded at the Tower of London, where it is a centerpiece of the Crown Jewels exhibit. Queen Camilla will wear Queen Mary's Crown Ahead of the coronation, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen Consort will wear Queen Mary's Crown, which features 2,200 diamonds and was worn by Queen Mary when she took part in the coronation alongside her husband, King George V, in 1911. The choice to wear an existing crown as a Queen Consort (rather than a new commission) is unusual and hasn't been done since the 18th century, when Queen Caroline, consort of George II, wore Mary of Modena's crown. The palace noted the decision was made "in the interests of sustainability and efficiency." As a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth, the headpiece will be reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds, which are part of the famous Cullinan diamond, the largest ever found. The jewels were a part of the late monarch's personal jewelry collection and were frequently worn as brooches. The Cullinan diamonds have been added to Queen Mary's Crown before; in 1922, the Cullinan III and IV were temporarily set for the 1911 coronation. Buckingham Palace also announced that four of the eight detachable arches will be removed from Queen Mary's Crown to create "a different impression to when the Crown was worn by Queen Mary at the 1911 Coronation." Queen Mary wore the crown without the arches at the coronation of her son, King George VI, in 1937.

Issuer: rJgfHLWGLnB46q2Kqj72zaCnPMeE48TEy3

Taxon: 265487

NFTokenID: 00082710C1DF9AC07F5AF3A9E7984440EF5F0EA4F91E197857F0ECF100000563

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