“King Charles to Wear Grandfather’s Velvet Robes at Coronation Ceremony”

Buckingham Palace said, on Saturday, that Britain’s King Charles will wear velvet dresses of scarlet and purple silk at his coronation ceremony on May 6, which were the clothes worn by his grandfather, King George VI, during his coronation in 1937.

Charles is scheduled to be formally crowned king at London’s Westminster Abbey next week in a ceremony attended by heads of state and foreign dignitaries, as he succeeds his mother, Queen Elizabeth, who died in September.

Charles and his wife Camilla will wear two sets of dresses for the coronation – scarlet formal gowns on arrival and royal purple gowns on departure – all of which are either previously preserved or made by the 334-year-old London tailor Eddy & Ravenscroft.

Camilla’s formal dresses were originally made for the late Queen Elizabeth.

Pictures released by the palace showed members of the Royal School of Needlework doing work on a several-foot-long crimson velvet gown with gold lace trim that was set to be worn by Charles.

Another picture showed her dress embroidered with her own symbol.

The palace continues to reveal details of the coronation ceremony, which will be smaller in size than Elizabeth’s coronation, but will still be full of pomp and grandeur, reflecting traditions dating back a thousand years.

The cost of the celebrations is not yet known, but according to estimates, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 – which was certainly more lavish than the ceremony scheduled for the coronation of Charles – cost the equivalent of 22 million euros.

After a religious ceremony on the sixth of May, the United Kingdom will witness three days of celebrations for the coronation of Charles III. The religious ceremony is rooted in royal traditions, but the king wanted to modernize it.

This historic day will begin with the “king’s procession”, which will head to Westminster from Buckingham Palace, in a carriage that will travel about two kilometers.

The ceremony, which will include classical music and more modern compositions, is supposed to reflect “the role of the king today and look to the future, while rooted in tradition and historical grandeur,” according to the palace.