The sovereign pinned to her coat a brooch in the shape of a Tudor crown, the very same symbol that Charles III chose to adopt in his personal coat of arms when he became king.
Yet upon closer inspection, it is not just any brooch, nor is it just any crown. The one the sovereign has decided to pull out of her vast jewelry box is a precious one in the shape of a Tudor crown, none other than the symbol her husband, King Charles, chose to include in his coat of arms when he ascended the throne, and which has since made its appearance everywhere—from royal postmarks to the uniforms of the guards.
There are precisely two figures in the king’s monogram: C for “Charles” and R for “Rex,” meaning “king” in Latin, encased within the Tudor crown. At the time of his accession to the throne in 2022, King Charles’s choice marked a break with the long reign of his late mother. The coat of arms for Queen Elizabeth II instead featured the solemn crown of St. Edward—in homage to Edward the Confessor, who was King of England from 1042 until his death in 1066. Charles wanted to set the tone, perhaps to mark the beginning of a new chapter for the monarchy after Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, while also evoking his predecessors. The Tudor crown, in fact, was included in the English royal coats of arms by Edward VII, Charles’s great-great-grandfather, in 1901. The symbol reaches all the way back to the reign of George VI, Elizabeth’s father, only to be replaced by that of St. Edward in 1953, the year of Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne. For her part, Queen Camilla has sported the Tudor-crown-shaped brooch numerous times—including on a 2023 trip to Scotland and a visit to an East London mosque that February. Embellished with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, its origins are not known for sure, but some claim it is a gift Charles gave Camilla precisely because of the hidden meaning this symbol holds—namely the royal authority he inevitably wishes to share with his consort. Queen Camilla’s accessory comes amid shocking new Epstein files—3.5 million documents and images published by the Department of Justice on Friday—that feature a man who appears to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crouched on all fours over a woman who is lying on the ground. The brother of King Charles was stripped of his royal title last fall, as the yearslong scandal surrounding his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein eroded his family’s public support of him. Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to soon move out of the Royal Lodge, his Windsor Palace residence at which he entertained Epstein and convicted conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell in 2006. His departure for Marsh Farm in Norfolk is reportedly in the works. Queen Camilla has stayed mum on the matter—but may have delivered a clear message with one all-important piece of jewelry. Originally published by Vanity Fair Italia.
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