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A depiction of George VI being crowned while wearing the Supertunica, Stole Royal and Robe Royal. The Stole Royal (sometime erroneously called the Armilla) is an item of regalia used during the coronation of a British monarch, similar to the stoles worn as vestments by clergymen.
The gold Supertunica is shown here worn by George VI under his Robe Royal during the crowning ceremony. The Stole Royal is also worn. The monarch enters Westminster Abbey for their coronation wearing the Robe of State. This is removed for the Anointing ceremony in which they wear the Colobium sindonis ("shroud tunic"), an intentionally plain robe.
A depiction of George VI being crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1937, while wearing the Supertunica, Stole Royal and Robe Royal. The Robe Royal (also known as the Pallium Regale, [1] Imperial Mantle [2] or Dalmatic Robe [2]) is a robe worn by the British monarch when he or she is crowned.
He was interred initially in the Royal Vault until he was transferred to the King George VI Memorial Chapel inside St George's on 26 March 1969. [118] In 2002, fifty years after his death, the remains of his widow, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the ashes of his younger daughter, Princess Margaret, who both died that year, were interred ...
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images. Prince William’s son, Prince George (9), will also have a special role in King Charles’s coronation. He we will serve as one of eight Pages of Honor.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth coronation invitation. The ceremony was attended by the King's and Queen's daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, as well as by the King's mother, Queen Mary. [16] When Mary attended the coronation, she became the first British dowager queen to do so. [17]
[163] [s] They were also worn by his successors George VI, Elizabeth II and Charles III. Together, the gold robes weigh approximately 10 kg (22 lb). [ 166 ] A new Stole Royal was made in 2023 for Charles III by the Royal School of Needlework , taking inspiration from the 1953 stole of his predecessor, Elizabeth II.
There were three processions during the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The first saw the King and Queen, members of the royal family, Prime Ministers of the Dominions and the representatives of foreign royalty proceed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for the ceremony. Once in the Abbey, the second procession was an ...