Coronation Twitter emoji revealed
A new golden crown emoji has been created for the Coronation
A new emoji has been unveiled ahead of the King's coronation.
Buckingham Palace has revealed the new emoji which is of the 17th century jewelled solid gold St Edward's Crown with purple velvet cap.
It's what Charles will wear on the 6th May.
It is the first emoji created for a British coronation, with the last crowning – Elizabeth II’s – taking place 70 years ago, before the invention of social media, mobile phones and even the internet.
The Palace said the image marking the weekend of coronation festivities will appear on Twitter from April 10th when the hashtags #Coronation, #CoronationConcert, #CoronationWeekend and #CoronationBigLunch are used.
The royal family’s Platinum Jubilee emoji was a crown-wearing corgi called PJ.
The cartoon image of the cheerful dog – the late Queen’s favourite breed – appeared on the monarchy’s official Twitter account, with the message: “Meet PJ the corgi, our Jubilee emoji!”
Sporting a crown of purple and platinum – the colours of the Jubilee – PJ, with his tongue sticking out, appeared automatically on Twitter when users included Jubilee hashtags.
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