The date on which Charles III will be crowned King of England is already public. The event will take place on May 6. and, next to him, his wife, Camilla of Cornwall, will become queen consort. From knowing this information, we are all eager to know more details about how the act will be and it seems that it is regarding the coronation of the queen consort where there may be an important change with respect to tradition.
Historically for this act the Koh-i-noor diamond, a highly valued diamond gifted to Queen Victoria by Maharaja Duleep Singh of Punjab, has been used in 1849. It was later used in the coronation of the following queen consorts: Alexandra, wife of Edward VII, Mary of Teck, and Elizabeth, the queen mother. It is a piece that was extracted from India, a country that has unsuccessfully claimed this piece on several occasions – and here too there is controversy because Pakistan and Afghanistan also claim it as theirs. Now, before the imminent coronation of the next consort, the Executive of India has made a request. According to The Telegraphthe ruling political party has requested that this diamond not be used by Camilla, due to “the painful memories of the colonial past” of this country, which would be manifested in the act of coronation.
For this reason Daily Mail reports that Buckingham Palace is considering modifying the initial plan which, according to The Telegraphwas that Camilla, instead of wearing a piece specifically designed for her, wore the crown of the last queen consort, where the controversial diamond is still set. The alternatives that could be tested, according to the international media, would be for the wife of King Charles to wear the crown of the queen mother, without the aforementioned diamond, but they could also be thinking of opting for other pieces for the act, within the extensive collection of royal tiaras of the british crown.
Among the crowns that Camilla could wear, if she finally did not wear that of the queen mother, several options would be put on the table. On the one hand, the one used by Queen Adelaide at the coronation of her husband William IV, in 1981. Also thought of is the 1820 diamond diadem, worn at the coronation of George IV, which was worn by Queen Elizabeth II on her way to her coronation in 1953. Another option would be crowns created for Queen Alexandra’s coronation. , the wife of King Edward VII, and the wife of King George V, Queen Mary.
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However, according to the aforementioned media, the one that would have more possibilities would be the tiara that Queen Adelaide used. It was created for the coronation of William IV and was displayed again at the coronation of George IV. However, after the coronation of William IV, the jewels that had been placed on the piece were removed. It is currently kept as part of the royal collection and would have been in the Tower of London for a time. In May it was removed from there and currently its location is not public. And all these tiaras are just part of the great collection of jewels of the British Royal Family, some of the most significant have been worn by Kate Middleton.