The royal family has many crowns in its possession and the most famous of these sat atop the Queen’s coffin at her funeral, the Imperial State Crown. There are three main crowns of significance in the royal collection and many more crowns, tiaras, and diadems were favoured by the Queen.
The Imperial State Crown is the familiar purple crown seen for the opening of parliament but it was not the crown used for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. That crown, which King Charles III will wear at his coronation too, is the St Edward’s Crown and is only used for one royal ceremony.
Queen Consort Camilla will also reportedly be given a crown to wear at the coronation too. All the royal jewellery and regalia belongs to the monarch and the Crown as an institution so will be passed to King Charles.
