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paintings of monarchs past in their coronation outfits. this is queen mary, crowned in 1911. her necklace may well look familiar. we see the coronation necklace, which was worn by queen camilla — it was actually made for queen victoria in 1858 and has been worn by queen consorts since then at all coronations. and we can see in the painting as well, alongside the crown that was made for queen mary for her coronation in 1911, this is the same crown that queen camilla used, but four of the detachable arches were removed to give it a little bit of a lighter feel. teams of experts were employed to craft the outfits and upholstery in time for may 6th, spending hundreds of hours either restoring or creating brand new items, including the screen used to shield the king from view during the most sacred part of the ceremony, the anointing. it was designed by nick gutfreund, a furniture maker and project managed by him,