Newby Hall near Ripon is home to its very own crown jewels.

The house, which dates back to the seventeenth century, has a full replica set of the official coronation regalia that will form part of tomorrow’s ceremony to crown King Charles III.

The Compton family which own Newby Hall has a close association with the crown jewels. A distant ancestor commissioned the official coronation regalia for Charles II after the originals were destroyed during the Civil War.

Newby Hall’s royal past 

Sir Robert Vyner was appointed goldsmith and banker to King Charles ll in 1661 when he commissioned the coronation regalia.

The Vyner name can be traced back through the family ancestry of Newby Hall.

Sir Robert’s invoice for the regalia was £12,184.7s.6d, equivalent to £1,754,496.00 today.  The invoice is on display on a wall outside Newby’s Billiard Room.

Newby’s replica set was made in the last century and includes an Imperial State Crown; St Edward’s Crown and Staff; St George’s Bracelets; Queen Consort’s Ivory Rod; Royal Sceptre with the Cross; Sovereign’s Sceptre with the Dove; Anointing Spoon; Ring; Ampulla; St George’s Spurs; King’s Orb; Sword of Mercy, and Sword of Temporal Justice.

All are on display at the house.

Richard Compton said:

“We are very much looking forward to marking the King’s coronation with our once in a lifetime afternoon tea in the magnificent setting of our award-winning herbaceous borders.

“It is so fitting that Newby has its own replica set of the coronation regalia which we are delighted to own and have on display for visitors. The regalia will take pride of place at Newby on His Majesty’s coronation weekend in May.”

Newby’s afternoon tea to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III is on Monday afternoon.

Visitors can mark the historic event by trying on the replica Saint Edwards Crown for size.

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The standard of entries was high and the competition was fierce but the final decision was down to Stray Ferret readers.

The Ogden competition to design a crown fit for a King was won by 6 year old Max Boocock from Ripley Endowed Primary School and Alexander Tasevzki from the sixth form of Springwater School for children with a wide range of learning difficulties.

Around 130 children submitted entries for the competition to place their crowns in the window of Odgen Jewellers on James Street in Harrogate.

Six entries were short-listed by the judges and then it was left to the public to pick the two winners.  Six and a half thousand people voted for their favourite.

Judge Robert Ogden said he was impressed with the winning designs.

“We were really amazed at the qualities of the entries and the variety- also the imagination of some of them. Max’s entry is almost worthy of Philip Treacy. It’s got that amazing flamboyance to it, it is a real fashion piece. We are thrilled for him. It looks wonderful next to the Imperial State Crown replica in the window.

“The high school entries were again a very difficult decision to choose the ones we thought stood out the most. I just loved the creativity of Alexander’s – the way the shapes were created from his hands and just the wonderful gem work was done. The rubies are in sort of intersecting lines, it was just a really nice tasteful style with a modern twist. We nice to see next to our crown.”

Max’s mother Emily said her son wanted his crown to be joyful

“Max wanted his crown to be colourful and vibrant, he wanted everyone who comes across his crown to smile.

“He says it’s a different shape to most crowns you see and he thinks that is what makes it truly unique, he hopes one day that the King may actually wear it!!”

The winning crowns will be in the window until 13 May.