The Crown could break your neck

London: In a rare television interview, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has shared private thoughts about her coronation, describing one of the crowns she wore at the ceremony as so heavy “your neck would break off”, reports CNN.

Elizabeth, then 27, was crowned amid huge fanfare on June 2, 1953 -- a little over year after her father, King George VI, died of lung cancer.

In the hour-long documentary for the BBC, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch spoke openly of the auspicious occasion 65 years ago, describing how the Imperial State Crown is adorned with diamonds and other precious stones making it “very heavy.”

“Fortunately my father and I have about the same sort of shaped head. But once you’ve put it on it stays, I mean it just remains itself,” The Queen said in the BBC documentary.

 

The Crown could break your neck

London: In a rare television interview, Britains Queen Elizabeth II has shared private thoughts about her coronation, describing one of the crowns she wore at the ceremony as so heavy your neck would break off, reports CNN. Elizabeth, then 27, was crowned amid huge fanfare on June 2, 1953 -- a little over year after her father, King George VI, died of lung cancer. In the hour-long documentary for the BBC, Britains longest-reigning monarch spoke openly of the auspicious occasion 65 years ago, describing how the Imperial State Crown is adorned with diamonds and other precious stones making it very heavy. Fortunately my father and I have about the same sort of shaped head. But once youve put it on it stays, I mean it just remains itself, The Queen said in the BBC documentary.