Xa ukumkanikazi wathweswa isithsaba ngomhla wesi-2 kuJuni 1953, isizwe sahlanganisana sizokubonela olu suku lungaqhelekanga, lwalugcwele ziiseti zikamabonakude ezazithengise ngamanani angazange abonwe kwiiveki ezingaphambili. Abahleli basebenze ubusuku nemini ukuguqula imiboniso bhanyabhanya ibeyimiboniso bhanyabhanya, kwaye uKumkanikazi uKrwelwe, ebaliswa nguLaurence Olivier, wayedlala kumabonwakude kwihlabathi liphela zingaphelanga iintsuku zomsitho. Ngoku, kuxwebhu olubalulekileyo oluzakuboniswa kwi-BBC1, ukumkanikazi ngokwakhe uthetha emoyeni okokuqala malunga neenkumbulo zakhe, kwaye uvavanya iSt Edward's Crown awayethweswe ngayo isithsaba-kwaye angazange ayinxibe ukusukela oko.
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Ukubekwa etroneni ngo-1953 yaba sisihlandlo esingenakulibaleka kubo bonke ababandakanyekayo. Kwimfazwe emanyumnyezi yasemva kwemfazwe iBritane ukumiselwa kukaKumkanikazi omncinci kumsitho wakudala wanika ithuba elifanelekileyo lokubhiyozela imbali yase-Bhritane kunye nokulindela ikamva eliqaqambileyo. Njengoko uWinston Churchill ebeka, mayingacingelwa ukuba iminyaka yobukrelekrele yeyakudala, kwaye umsitho, ophakathi kunye nowangoku, wawubanjelwe ukubangisana nabuphi na ubudala. Indawo ephezulu yayilixesha lokuthweswa isithsaba eWestminster Abbey, xa u-Archbishop wase-Canterbury ebeka iSt Edward's Crown kwintloko yomphathi.
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Esi sithsaba, apho ukumkanikazi adityaniswa kwakhona kwinkqubo, yinto emangalisayo. Eyona indala kwiRoyal Collection, yenzelwe ukubekwa etroneni kukaKumkani uCharles II ngo-1661. Isakhelo segolide esomeleleyo sinobunzima obuphantse bube zii-5lb, ngoko ke sihleli, njengoxanduva lukarhulumente, sinzima entlokweni yayo nayiphi na inkosi. Iisentimitha ezilishumi elinambini ukuphakama kwaye zonganyelwe yi-orb kunye nomnqamlezo, isetelwe ingqokelela yamatye axabisekileyo kwaye axabisekileyo, kubandakanya iitourmalines, itopazi, irubhi, isafire kunye nearnarn. Izithsaba ezibini zasebukhosini, urhulumente kunye nesithsaba sokuthweswa isithsaba, zazinyibilikisiwe ekupheleni kweMfazwe yamakhaya, ke xa ukufakwa endaweni yokuyalelwa nguCharles II kwaphinda kwathunyelwa izithsaba ezibini.
Namhlanje i-Crown Jewels idume ngokuqulatha obona butyebi bukhulu nobona bumnandi emhlabeni - phakathi kwazo kukho idayimani yaseKoh-i-Noor, iRuby yeNkosana eNtsundu kunye nedayimani yaseCullinan. I-Crown State Crown, enxitywa nguKumkanikazi ukuvula iPalamente minyaka le, igutyungelwe ngamatye anjalo. Kodwa isithsaba sokubekwa, esasetyenziswa kube kanye kulawulo, sinembonakalo ebengezelayo.
Kwinkulungwane yokuqala yobukho bayo, enyanisweni, iSt Edward's Crown yayingasetyenziswanga ngokusisigxina ngamatye kwaphela: kwaqeshwa amatye anqabileyo ukuthanjiswa emva koko asuswa. UCharles II wahlawula igolide yasebukhosini uRobert Viner i-hefty £ 350 (phantse i-30,000 yeerandi kwimali yanamhlanje) ye-Loane of ye Jewells ngokubekwa kwakhe. Emva kokuba iidayimani kunye neerubhi zibuyisiwe isithsaba sanikwa amatye okuxelisa ukukholisa iindwendwe kwiJewel House kwiNqaba yaseLondon.
Isithsaba saseSt Edward sayeka ukusetyenziswa ngexesha lamaGeorgia kunye neVictorian, xa uyilo lwalo lwaluthathwa njengoludala. Ukusweleka kukaKumkanikazi uVictoria ngo-1901 kwabakho umdla omtsha wokuvuselela izithethe zakudala, kwaye kwacetyiswa ukuba isithsaba siphinde sisetyenziswe. Ukulungiselela, yahlaziywa yaze yasetwa ngokusisigxina ngamatye axabisekileyo. Kwimeko apho uEdward VII wayebuthathaka kakhulu kwi-appendicitis ukulawula isithsaba esidumileyo. Kodwa unyana wakhe uGeorge V, uGeorge VI kunye no-Queen Elizabeth II bonke bathweswe isithsaba sobukhosi.
Ngenxa yobude obukhulu bolawulo lweKumkanikazi ngoku iphantse ibe yiminyaka engama-65 okokoko iSt Edward's Crown yagqityelwa ukusetyenziswa. Olu xwebhu lubangela umdla lufana nesithsaba uqobo-spellbinding.
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