Yesterday, we chatted about the most-worn British crown, the Imperial State Crown. Today, we've got a deep-dive into the history of the jewel that quite literally crowns the monarch: St. Edward's Crown. St. Edward's Crown
When the Royal family does anything social — from a star-studded event to a long-awaited wedding, everyone wants to know every detail. And one of the biggest questions the people want to be answered is, what fabulous jewels will the Royal family wear for the occasion? When Kate Middleton was preparing to walk down the aisle in 2011, everyone wanted to know which tiara she’d pick from the vault. The same thing happened with Meghan Markle’s big day. Without fail, the Royal family always brings the bling. From pristine engagement rings to priceless brooches, the Royal family's jewelry collection is...
Yesterday, we chatted about the most-worn British crown, the Imperial State Crown. Today, we've got a deep-dive into the history of the jewel that quite literally crowns the monarch: St. Edward's Crown. St. Edward's Crown
The Queen has only ever worn St Edward's Crown on her Coronation Day. The crown was used by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the actual moment of coronation at Westminster Abbey.
Yesterday, we chatted about the most-worn British crown, the Imperial State Crown. Today, we've got a deep-dive into the history of the jewel that quite literally crowns the monarch: St. Edward's Crown. St. Edward's Crown
St Edward's Crown has officially left the building—the Tower of London, that is. Today, we're talking about the reasons why the famous crown has been removed from its usual place of residence ahead of the
The St Edward’s Crown has been removed from the Tower of London to be resized for the King ahead of the Coronation. Buckingham Palace said the historic - British Heritage, Coronation, Royal Traditions, The King
the Golden Imperial mantle, with St Edward's crown, 1937. A coloured plate from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, .
It is to the Crown that we owe allegiance. Matthew Dennison considers the history of this most familiar attribute of royalty, which he finds as laden with the hopes of a nation as it is with glittering gold and precious jewels.
It is to the Crown that we owe allegiance. Matthew Dennison considers the history of this most familiar attribute of royalty, which he finds as laden with the hopes of a nation as it is with glittering gold and precious jewels.
The royal coronation of the newly proclaimed King Charles III will take place a few months from now.
Edward was born in 1003. He was the last Saxon king to rule (for more than a few months) in England. He is called "Edward the Confessor" to distinguish him from another King of England, Edward the Martyr (c962-979), who was assassinated (presumably by someone who wished to place Edward's younger half-brother on the throne), and who came to be regarded, on doubtful grounds, as a martyr for the faith. In Christian biographies, the term "confessor" is often used to denote someone who has born witness to the faith by his life, but who did not die as a martyr. Opinions on his success as a king vary. Some historians consider him weak and indecisive, and say that his reign paved the way for the Norman Conquest. Others say that his prudent management gave England more than twenty years of peace and prosperity, with freedom from foreign domination, at a time when powerful neighbors might well have dominated a less adroit ruler. He was diligent in public and private worship, generous to the poor, and accessible to subjects who sought redress of grievances. While in exile, he had vowed to make a pilgrimage to Rome if his family fortunes mended. However, his council told him that it was not expedient for him to be so long out of the country. Accordingly, he spent his pilgrimage money instead on the relief of the poor and the building of Westminster Abbey, which stands today (rebuilt in the thirteenth century) as one of the great churches of England, burial place of her kings and others deemed worthy of special honor. He died on 5 January 1066, leaving no offspring; and after his death, the throne was claimed by his wife's brother, Harold the Saxon, and by William, Duke of Normandy. William defeated and slew Harold at the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066), and thereafter the kings and upper classes of England were Norman-French rather than Anglo-Saxon. Edward is remembered, not on the day of his death, but on the anniversary of the moving ("translation") of his corpse to a new tomb, a date which is also the anniversary of the eve of the Battle of Hastings, the end of Saxon England. In this statue from a retable in Corpus Christi church in Brixton, London, he is shown holding the abbey he built which is also where he he is enshrined.
