Sovereign's Orb This hollow orb, created in 1661 for the last King Charles along with the current St. Edward's Crown, represents the monarch's power.

King Charles III will be taking a shortcut and a smoother ride to Westminster Abbey, trimming the procession route his mother took in 1953 as he aims for a more modest coronation that will include ...

King Charles, for his part, will be donning St. Edward's Crown —which was made for King Charles II and used at his coronation in 1661—to be officially declared as the new monarch of England.

St. Edward’s crown was last used for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953 and was made for Charles II in 1661, as a replacement for a tiara that had been destroyed in 1649.

The crown, which is the inspiration for the coronation emoji, features a 4.9-pound (2.2-kilogram) solid gold frame set with rubies, amethysts, sapphires, garnets, topazes and tourmalines and has a ...