King Charles has recently revealed a beautiful memory of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and how she uniquely prepared for her coronation in 1953. He narrated the memories to a group of Canadian women who had attended the historic event. King Charles revealed that, as children, he and Princess Anne used to have bath times with mama wearing her coronation crown.
“She would come to bath time wearing the crown,” said King Charles, who said this was her way of practicing for the big day. “You have to get used to how heavy it is.” The St Edward’s Crown, the centerpiece of the ceremony, weighs an impressive 5 pounds and has proved to be a real test of balance on the head.
The King, who was just four years old during his mother’s coronation, said he vividly remembers the momentous day. “I’ve never forgotten it,” he remarked, while humorously comparing it to his own coronation earlier this year. He admitted feeling “slightly anxious” about wearing the same heavy crown, fearing it might wobble during the elaborate event.
Queen Elizabeth famously traded the heavier St. Edward’s Crown for the lighter Imperial State Crown after the ceremony, and King Charles did the same. He added a bit of humor to his memory when he joked about a disastrous haircut he received as a child before his mother’s big day.
Coronation Girls Documentary
King Charles shared the memories while hosting 50 Canadian women, who were then in their 80s, as they had traveled to London in 1953 to witness the coronation crown of Elizabeth. The women were aged just 17 at that time and recently reunited with King Charles for a tea party at Buckingham Palace.
Their journey is captured in a documentary, Coronation Girls, detailing how the group’s lives unfolded after that historic event. Some even became professors, activists, and a nun, but their bond remains strong.
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