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Originally Posted by catbadge
For one thing, there is no such thing as a King's Crown and a Queen's Crown. The Tudor Crown (mistaken for the King's Crown) was introduced in the 1880's during the reign of Queen Victoria. Some regiments switched over to the Tudor Crown at this point, but some stayed with the St. Edwards Crown. It was during the reign of Edward VII that the Tudor Crown became standard, and was standard until 1953, a year after Queen Elizabeth became Queen. If you look at the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, you will notice that she is wearing the Tudor Crown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_...ronation_Medal
A further point to debunk the myth of the Queen's and King's Crown: the first and last monarch to wear the "King's Crown" was a Queen. |
The Tudor crown was introduced by King Henry VIII a member of the House of Tudor hence the name and used on the Royal coat of arms, coinage, cannons etc.
The flat topped crown I believe you are referring to found on cap badges worn in the QVC era was Queen Victoria’s Imperial State Crown made in 1838.
The ‘myth’ (?) you refer to are rather a shorthand colloquial terminology for the St. Edward’s crown (QC) and Tudor crown (KC).
Indeed the QVC as it is commonly referred to is just a more stylised shape to the St. Edward’s crown used by the current monarch.