St Edward’s crown was removed from the Tower of London to resize it for King Charles III ahead of his coronation, the BBC reports. Buckingham Palace has announced that the historic centerpiece of the Crown Jewels has been removed to allow it to be altered ahead of the May 6, 2023 ceremony.

The movement of the crown was kept secret until its safe delivery. His current whereabouts have not been released.

A version of it has been used at the coronations of English and British monarchs since the 13th century.

This St. Edward crown was made for King Charles II in 1661 to replace the medieval crown that was melted down after his father’s execution in 1649.

The original is believed to date back to Edward the Confessor, an 11th-century royal saint who was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England.

It is the Crown of St. Edward of 1661 that is depicted on the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, the logo of the Royal Mail and on the insignia of the British armed forces.

A statement from Buckingham Palace on Saturday said: “St Edward’s Crown, the historic centerpiece of the Crown Jewels, has been removed from the Tower of London to allow renovation work to begin ahead of the coronation on Saturday 6 May 2023.”

The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey eight months after the monarch’s accession to the throne and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

(Source: news.ro)