Last year I made several different types of silver crowns to celebrate the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, sadly Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away after this historic occasion and now her eldest son is to be her successor and will be crowned King Charles III on 6th May.

I was very interested in finding out more about the Crown Jewels and started to research about the beautiful crowns.

There will be three crowns worn during the Coronation.

St Edward’s Crown

This spectacular solid gold crown is used at the moment of crowning during the coronation ceremony.

It weighs 2.07 kg (nearly 5lb) and is decorated with rubies, amethysts and sapphires.
It was made for the Coronation of Charles II in 1661 as a replacement for the medieval crown melted down in 1649, after the execution of Charles I.
The lost medieval crown dated back to the 11th century and belonged to the royal saint, Edward the Confessor.
St Edward's Crown was last used for crowning Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Imperial State Crown

The Imperial State Crown was made for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937 replacing a crown made for Queen Victoria.

The crown is set with 2,868 diamonds, as well as several famous jewels.
It includes St Edward's Sapphire, said to have been worn in a ring by Edward the Confessor.
The crown also includes the Cullinan II diamond, the second largest stone cut from the great Cullinan Diamond. The Cullinan Diamond is the largest diamond ever discovered.
The Imperial State Crown is worn by the monarch to leave Westminster Abbey after the coronation ceremony.

Queen Mary's Crown

Queen Mary’s stunning Crown is set with 2,200 diamonds.

The crown was designed for the Coronation of Queen Mary in 1911.
At the 1911 Coronation the crown contained three large diamonds - the Koh-i-nûr, Cullinan III and Cullinan IV. These were later replaced with crystal replicas.
The crown will be reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds for the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.

To commemorate this splendid and important occasion I have made just two pure silver crown pendants.

Both have a tiny CZ gemstone set into them and both are inscribed with the letters C and R for Charles Rex.

These pendants come on sterling silver chains and can be purchased from my shop on my website www.themagicoffirefliesanddragonflies.co.uk