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A circlet is a crown
Crown (headgear)

A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents Political power, legitimacy, Crown of Immortality, righteousness, victory, Roman triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death....
 with neither arches nor a cap
Cap (crown)

The cap of a crown is the cap which fills the inner space of a modern crown. While ancient crowns contained no cap, from medi?val times it became traditional to fill the circlet with a cap of velvet or other such cloth, with a base of ermine....
 (internal covering).

Many ancient crowns were circlet in style, notably the original St. Edward's Crown
St. Edward's Crown

St Edward's Crown was one of the English Crown Jewels and remains one of the senior Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. It is the official coronation crown used exclusively in the Coronation of the British monarch of a new monarch....
, the coronation crown
Coronation crown

A coronation crown is a crown used by a monarch when being coronation. In some monarchies, monarchs did not wear the one crown but had a number of crowns for different occasions; a coronation crown for the moment of coronation, and a state or imperial crown for general usage in state ceremonial....
 of English monarchs, which was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 during the Commonwealth of England
Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first Kingdom of England and Wales, and then Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland from 1649 to 1660....
. In fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
s, crowns often continue to be represented in circlet form.

In the twentieth century two British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 consort crown
Consort crown

A consort crown is a crown worn by the Queen Consort of a monarchy for her coronation or on state occasions.Unlike with reigning monarchs, who may inherit one or more crowns for use, consorts sometimes had special crowns made uniquely for them and which were worn by no other later consort....
s, the Crown of Queen Mary
Crown of Queen Mary

The Crown of Queen Mary was the consort crown of Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. It was manufactured for the coronation of George and Mary in 1911....
, and the Crown of Queen Elizabeth
Crown of Queen Elizabeth

The Crown of the Queen Mother is the platinum Crown manufactured for, and worn by, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the queen consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom at their coronation in Westminster Abbey in 1937....
, were designed with detachable half-arches connected to crosses pattee
Cross pattée (crown)

Many crown worn by monarchs have jewelled cross patt?e symbols located on the band. Most crowns possess at least four crosses patt?e, with the crown's half-arch connected to the band of the crown at the crosses patt?e....
 so that they could be worn as circlets.

Former Queens Consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 whose husbands had died sometimes only wore their consort crowns as circlets after their husbands' death.






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A circlet is a crown
Crown (headgear)

A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents Political power, legitimacy, Crown of Immortality, righteousness, victory, Roman triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death....
 with neither arches nor a cap
Cap (crown)

The cap of a crown is the cap which fills the inner space of a modern crown. While ancient crowns contained no cap, from medi?val times it became traditional to fill the circlet with a cap of velvet or other such cloth, with a base of ermine....
 (internal covering).

Many ancient crowns were circlet in style, notably the original St. Edward's Crown
St. Edward's Crown

St Edward's Crown was one of the English Crown Jewels and remains one of the senior Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. It is the official coronation crown used exclusively in the Coronation of the British monarch of a new monarch....
, the coronation crown
Coronation crown

A coronation crown is a crown used by a monarch when being coronation. In some monarchies, monarchs did not wear the one crown but had a number of crowns for different occasions; a coronation crown for the moment of coronation, and a state or imperial crown for general usage in state ceremonial....
 of English monarchs, which was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 during the Commonwealth of England
Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first Kingdom of England and Wales, and then Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland from 1649 to 1660....
. In fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
s, crowns often continue to be represented in circlet form.

In the twentieth century two British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 consort crown
Consort crown

A consort crown is a crown worn by the Queen Consort of a monarchy for her coronation or on state occasions.Unlike with reigning monarchs, who may inherit one or more crowns for use, consorts sometimes had special crowns made uniquely for them and which were worn by no other later consort....
s, the Crown of Queen Mary
Crown of Queen Mary

The Crown of Queen Mary was the consort crown of Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. It was manufactured for the coronation of George and Mary in 1911....
, and the Crown of Queen Elizabeth
Crown of Queen Elizabeth

The Crown of the Queen Mother is the platinum Crown manufactured for, and worn by, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the queen consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom at their coronation in Westminster Abbey in 1937....
, were designed with detachable half-arches connected to crosses pattee
Cross pattée (crown)

Many crown worn by monarchs have jewelled cross patt?e symbols located on the band. Most crowns possess at least four crosses patt?e, with the crown's half-arch connected to the band of the crown at the crosses patt?e....
 so that they could be worn as circlets.

Former Queens Consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 whose husbands had died sometimes only wore their consort crowns as circlets after their husbands' death. Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark was queen consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign, 1901 to 1910....
 (Queen Alexandra, widow of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910....
), Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck was the queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India. Before her husband's accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales....
 (Queen Mary, widow of King George V of the United Kingdom
George V of the United Kingdom

George V was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....
) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Empire Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952....
 (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, widow of King George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI of the United Kingdom

George VI was British monarchy and the United Kingdom Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India and the last King of Ireland , and the first Head of the Commonwealth....
) all followed this practice.