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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

King Charles recalls late Queen wearing crown for practice at bath time ahead of Coronation

King Charles has shared a childhood memory of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Crown Jewels at bathtime for practice ahead of her coronation.

Charles is seen recalling the memories in a new documentary, in which he meets women who travelled across the world to attend his mother’s coronation in in the summer of 1953.

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