The version of the Imperial State Crown that the queen wore at the end of the ceremony was also donned by her father, George VI, at his coronation in 1937. “You see, it’s much smaller isn’t it?” she says in a BBC trailer, gesturing to the height of the crown’s arches. The queen notes that the crown forces one to take a certain posture when giving a speech. “They were meant to be Queen Elizabeth’s earrings,” she said, joking, “They don’t look very happy now. Most pearls like to be sort of living creatures, so they’ve just been out, hanging out here for years.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2018 10:26 UTC