LONDON, United Kingdom — Britain’s Seventeenth-century St Edward’s Crown, the centerpiece of the Crown Jewels, has been faraway from show to be altered for the coronation of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace mentioned on Saturday.
The strong gold crown, encrusted with rubies, amethysts, sapphires, garnet, topazes, and tourmalines, will endure “modification work” for Charles III’s coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6 subsequent 12 months, the palace mentioned.
The crown is the centerpiece of the Crown Jewels, a big assortment of royal regalia housed within the Tower of London that pulls greater than one million guests per 12 months.
It has a purple velvet cap with an ermine band, is simply over 30 cm …
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