British royals
King Charles: Was afraid the crown would wobble
Millions of people watched the coronation of the British monarch. The man in the center was also a little nervous – for a special reason.
Sits, fits, wobbles and has air? This is not the best solution when wearing a crown, like King Charles III. now told. At his coronation in May 2023, the British monarch feared that the crown was moving too much.
That’s why he practiced before the ceremony – just like his mother Queen Elizabeth II did before her own coronation in 1953, says Charles (76), as can be seen in a new documentary. “When we bathed, my mom always came up with the crown to practice. Because you have to get used to how heavy it is.”
The Edwardian crown with which Charles was crowned, made of pure gold, is more than two kilograms, much heavier and higher than the more commonly used state crown. “So you’re always a little afraid that it’ll wobble.”
Charles made the comments in conversation with a group of women from Canada who traveled to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as teenagers. The documentary “Coronation Girls” accompanies the women, who are now almost 90 years old, on a trip to Great Britain in the year of Charles’ coronation. The king unexpectedly meets the ladies in Buckingham Palace.
dpa
Source: Stern
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