New photos of the coronation robes that King Charles and his wife Camilla will wear for the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey were released by Buckingham Palace on Saturday. Camilla, who will be crowned Queen Consort on May 6, will wear the coronation robes made for Queen Elizabeth II, including the crimson Robe of State which was made for the late queen’s coronation in 1953.
The King, on the other hand, will wear his grandfather George VI’s nearly 90-year-old Robes of State and Estate from the 1937 coronation, which have been conserved and prepared for the occasion.
A new Robe of Estate has also been made for the Queen Consort, designed in purple velvet to match the King’s and hand-embroidered by the Royal School of Needlework. It features delphiniums and lilies of the valley in tribute to the late queen and national emblems such as the rose, thistle, and shamrock.
