# Tell me about Royal Crowns **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 18, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-royal-crowns/460378 "2008-08-18T04:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-royal-crowns/460378/21 "2008-08-19T20:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Anyone else initially read this as “the queen is rarely _be_headed”? [/QUOTE] Yes, I did. But then, I’m French, so both concept are logically associated in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-royal-crowns/460378/22 "2008-08-19T20:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=rocking chair] her hats and scarf are crown standins, and much more practical for day to day living. her mum was very, very, rarely seen without a hat, as there are less “home movie” kind of things with her. [/QUOTE] That is, I think, more of a generational thing than it is a royalty thing. Especially in the Queen Mother’s generation, respectable women just didn’t go around in public without hats. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-royal-crowns/460378/23 "2008-08-19T21:21:48Z")
yes, the Queen comes from a generation that always wore a hat to go out in public. I can’t see Prince Charles wearing one so much when his turn comes. The Crowns are altered by the Crown Jewellers for each new Monarch (George VI’s wasn’t, due to the rather swift change of plan that had originally involved his brother being King instead, and fitted poorly at the Coronation ceremony). They are heavy and wearing them takes some practice to get used to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-royal-crowns/460378.md?page=1)