Camilla will instead wear Queen Mary’s crown, which has been recrafted especially for her, rather than having a new crown commissioned, in another nod to Charles’s environmental efforts.
However, according to Private Eye the ivory sceptre, which has been used by every Queen Consort since 1685, will be conspicuous in its absence.
The publication also claims that the veto on the sceptre came from the “elephant-loving” William, a fierce critic of the ivory trade.
Last August, William applauded the decision of a US court to convict Ugandan Moazu Kromah for five years for conspiracy to traffic millions of dollars’ worth of elephant ivory and rhino horn.
Some have hit back at the so-called “virtue signalling”, claiming the use of a 330-year-old sceptre housed safely in the Tower of London, cannot be considered equal to killing elephants and selling the ivory for profit.
Formed of three sections of ivory, the sceptre was designed by goldsmith Sir Robert Vyner for Mary of Modena, the Queen Consort of King James II.
At the top of the three-foot artefact is a dove which represents the Holy Spirit.
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A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace has described the magazine report as “inaccurate”.
During the Coronation, Camilla will also be handed a gold sceptre with a cross atop, a symbol of the sovereign’s good governance and temporal power.
When she first married then-Prince Charles in 2005, Camilla initially said she would use the title Princess Consort when Charles became King, acknowledging the public’s difficult feelings over her new role following the death of Princess Diana.
Her popularity began to rise over the years as she interacted more with the British public and showed her unflinching support for her husband, leading Queen Elizabeth last year to announce that Camilla would be given the title Queen Consort after all.
Rhiannon Mills commented on the change in title: “The Queen clearly wanted to use this opportunity to thank Camilla who over the past 17 years has rolled her sleeves up, embraced the sometimes less glamorous royal engagements and in Her Majesty’s eyes shown herself to be a worthy future consort, in the mould of Prince Philip and the Queen Mother.”
Royal author Penny Junor said: “The problem with Camilla was that she was involved with the Prince of Wales and was what Diana famously called the third person in the marriage.
“When she then married him, she was out and about and people met her. They realised that actually, she wasn’t this ghastly woman, a rottweiler, she was actually very nice.
“She’s funny, she’s warm, she’s friendly, she’s self-deprecating, she’s interested in other people.”
