Tuesday 23 April 1661 (2/3)

Coronation day

The King in his robes, bare-headed, which was very fine. And after all, had placed themselves, there was a sermon and the service; and then in the Quire at the high altar, the King passed through all the ceremonies of the Coronation,…

Diary of Samuel Pepys Didn't all the Crown Jewels have to be remade as the previous set had been melted down during the Commonwealth?

Arthur_S Diary of Samuel Pepys I think Queen Henrietta Maria sold some of them off too, in order to raise funds to fight for her husband, Charles I - alas, in vain.