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Posted by JohnPete
on May 8, 2023, 2:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Observation about Queen Camilla's / Mary's Crown"
I was trying to figure out what it reminded me of, and finally it occurred to me that I was reminded of the coronation photo of The Empress Zita as Queen of Hungary. Her diamond crown also looked so large on her head. 
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I agree Mary's crown looked too tall and even worse the dark purple of the cap of maintenance and the size of it made the Queen's crown look too big and uncomfortable.
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Perhaps because it was too tall and uncomfortable even then? Previous Message
oh yes I agree, it looked out of proportion to The Kings crown. I wonder why he didn’t have the arches of the Imperial Crown restored to his his grandfather George VI had them. Previous Message
I know it looked worryingly uncomfortable! I bet she was happy to take it off.... Previous Message
In 1953 Queen Elizabeth had the Imperial State Crown modified: the arches lowered because the version worn by her father in 1937 was too tall. Queen Camilla wore Queen Mary's crown from 1911 with some of the arches taken off to make it lighter but it seems the jeweller was not requested to lower the arches to match the Imperial State Crown. To me Camilla's Crown looked just as tall or even taller than the Imperial State Crown. Any thoughts?
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