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Astate crown is the workingcrown worn or used by amonarch on recurring state occasions such as whenopening Parliament in Britain, as opposed to thecoronation crown with which they would be formally crowned.
Some state crowns might however be used during parts of thecoronation ceremony. In isolated cases, individual monarchs sometimes chose to use their state crown instead of the officialcoronation crown for the crowning, but those cases were exceptions rather than the norm.
Some states where there was no ceremonial coronation only had state crowns, or neither as in Belgium.
The termstate crown was particularly used in theKingdom of England and its successorKingdom of Great Britain to describe the crowns of KingsCharles II andGeorge I that were worn on occasions such as theState Opening of Parliament. While the crown of Charles no longer exists, thejewel-less frame of theState Crown of George I is still kept among theBritish Crown Jewels.Because they were more frequently in use, in contrast to a coronation crown which was usually only worn once during each reign, state crowns were repeatedly replaced due to wear and tear.
Because of its age and fragility, the State Crown of George I was replaced by Queen Victoria'sImperial State Crown in 1838.[1] This was replaced by a faithful copy of the 1838 crown in 1937.
