Buckingham Palace revealed on Saturday that Britain's King Charles will wear crimson and purple silk velvet robes during his coronation ceremony on May 6, robes that were worn by his grandfather, King George VI, at his coronation in 1937.
Charles and his wife Camilla will don two sets of attire during the coronation event: a formal crimson outfit upon arrival and a royal purple robe upon departure. All garments are either preserved from before or made by the tailoring firm "Ede and Ravenscroft," which has been operating in London for 334 years.
Camilla's formal attire was originally made for the late Queen Elizabeth. Photos released by the palace show members of the Royal School of Needlework working on a crimson velvet robe adorned with gold lace that Charles is set to wear. Another image featured the embroidery of a dress for Camilla with her own insignia.
Charles is scheduled to be officially crowned at Westminster Abbey in London next week in a ceremony attended by heads of state and foreign dignitaries, succeeding his mother, Queen Elizabeth, who passed away in September.
The palace continues to unveil details of the coronation, which is set to be smaller in scale compared to Elizabeth’s, yet will still be filled with grandeur and majesty to reflect traditions dating back a thousand years.
