Buckingham Palace announced that the royal will wear a historic crown Queen Mary wore to the 1911 coronation of King George V for the royal ceremony.
on May 6 — and while the occasion marks the “first time in recent history” that a new headpiece isn’t being made for a consort, it will include a special tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
Although a special crown is not being created “in the interests of sustainability and efficiency” some special modifications will be made to Queen Mary’s piece, including the addition of some of the late Queen Elizabeth’s favorite diamonds. “It is easily adaptable, allowing Camilla to create a new silhouette for this 2023 coronation and to pay tribute to her late mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, by setting it with three of the Cullinan diamonds,” she said.
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