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LETTER FROM BUCKINGHAM. The choice of the crown that Camilla, the queen consort, will wear at the coronation on May 6, almost caused a diplomatic incident.
By Marc Roche
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During the coronation ceremony which will take place on May 6, the Archbishop of Canterbury should have placed on the head of the Queen consort a crown specially mounted for the…