Queen Elizabeth II Reunited With the Crown

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00:00The most important items used in the coronation are the monarch's two crowns.

00:09If the Queen has only worn St. Edward's gold crown once, she is much more familiar with this,

00:17the diamond-encrusted imperial state crown.

00:21She wore it at the end of her coronation and for most state openings of Parliament since.

00:28You see, it's much smaller, isn't it?

00:32Significantly.

00:33I mean, it was the same height.

00:36You know, it would have been up to about there when my father wore it.

00:43I mean, it was huge then.

00:45Yes, very unwieldy.

00:49It's difficult to always remember that diamonds are stones, so they're very heavy.

00:57Yes.

00:59Fortunately, my father and I have about the same sort of shaped head.

01:03But once you put it on, it stays.

01:05I mean, it just remains itself.

01:07You have to keep your head very still.

01:09Yes.

01:10And you can't look down to read the speech.

01:12You have to take the speech up.

01:14Because if you did, your neck would break.

01:16It would fall off.

01:18So there are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise they're quite important things.

01:27Okay.

01:28Thanks.

01:29Thanks.