Prince William revealed, on Sunday, what happened to his father, King Charles, after he wore a huge and heavy historical crown during his coronation ceremony on Saturday.
In front of an audience of 100 world leaders and an audience of millions on television, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, slowly placed the 360-year-old “St. Edward’s Crown” on the head of Charles, who sat on a throne dating back to the fourth century. Ten in Westminster Abbey.
The British newspaper “Daily Mail” quoted William as saying to a group of citizens in a friendly conversation: “I think his neck hurt last night because of the crown. His weight is very heavy.”
He added that the crown was placed very carefully to ensure that it would not fall from the king’s head.
The crown consists of a solid gold frame studded with precious stones
The British newspaper said that the crown, which weighs two and a quarter kilograms, was worn at the exact moment of coronation, adding that he also wore a second crown called the “Crown of the Empire”, which weighs about one kilogram.
Last December, Buckingham Palace announced that the historic tiara would be modified to fit the head size of King Charles III.
St. Edward’s Crown consists of a solid gold frame set with rubies, amethysts, sapphires, garnets, topazes and tourmalines, and follows its medieval predecessor with 4 crosses and 4 flowers of mercury, and has a velvet cap decorated with ermine.
Coronation of King Charles
- Charles III was crowned Britain’s king in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a show of pomp and grandeur that sought to blend a millennium of history with a monarchy fit for a new age.
- In a historic and solemn two-hour ceremony dating back to the reign of King William the Conqueror in 1066, Camilla, Charles’s second wife, was crowned queen.
- A huge military parade followed, rifle fire was fired in salute, thousands of soldiers cheered three cheers, military planes passed a little higher than the ground, while the newly crowned king and queen waved from the balcony of Buckingham Palace to the jubilant crowds gathered on Dhamul Road.
- Charles, 74, automatically succeeded his mother as British monarch after her death last September.
- The coronation is not necessary but is considered a means of legitimizing the new sovereign in a general way.
