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Crown that’s not yet fit for a King

THE crown that King Charles is set to wear at next year’s Coronation has been removed from the Tower of London in a topsecret operation before being resized, Buckingham Palace has revealed.

The ultra-high security operation took place under the cover of darkness on Friday evening.

The St Edward’s Crown was transported under armed guard to a secret location where it will now be resized for King Charles’s Coronation on Saturday, May 6 in Westminster Abbey.

Mark Appleby, of Mappin and Webb, who has been the Crown Jeweller since 2017, will spend the next few months working away to ensure the diamondencrusted crown is big enough to fit the new King. It is believed that several ‘fittings’ will be required to ensure it is a good fit.

Buckingham Palace last night declined to reveal which crown the Queen Consort will wear.

The mystery will fuel speculation over whether Camilla will choose to wear the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, which is set with the controversial Koh-iNoor diamond from India.

The 105-carat gem is currently the subject of an ongoing debate over its rightful ownership.

Many Indians believe that it was stolen by the British, but other observers argue it was ‘gifted’ to the East India Company by former rulers of the Punjab in 1849.

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