A History of the British Monarchy

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The national color of Britain is red, so why is the crown Charles is wearing, purple;  I have yet to see Charles wearing Royal red garments, it is as if he is not the king of Britain;  But that makes sense because he was crowned by an Italian and not a Brit.  In the proper crowning ceremony, it is our mother who crowns us (just ask King George III: the last King of Britain before myself).  However, it is sad that our mother is AWOL in British Columbia, and will face a prison sentence before crowning me sometime in the coming years;  Awe well, I guess I'll have to wait, but in the mean-time get a load of Charles III, in Italian purple:

This is an image of the crown of Britain, it is red not purple, it is also not called Saint Edward’s Crown it is called the Tudor Crown and unlike the fake images on Wikipedia, it doesn't have an Italian cross on its top;  Furthermore, it wasn't destroyed, there are simply no photos of it in circulation to prevent forgeries, and finally, it was last worn by King George III before it was ushered away and preserved for the next King.  Sadly, only St. Edward’s Crown is shown upon the heads of Victoria's children because none of them ever satisfied the British monarchy's high standard of behavior and duty;  When I am crowned it will be by the Tudor Crown and only the Tudor Crown; the Tudor Crown is shown below:

The question remains, "Why two crowns?"

My mother Victoria Regina was the true queen of Britain, however, she felt compelled to hide her identity and so another woman was chosen by my mother to act as the queen publicly, this woman was queen Elizabeth.  To make the switch official, Elizabeth needed a crown because she was not allowed to use the Tudor Crown; Furthermore, nobody in the British party would crown Elizabeth for fear of breaking tradition, so, my mother asked the church.  They decided upon a replica crown that was purple and named it after a saint; From then on all kings and queens crowned with the St. Edward's Crown have been powerless figureheads.  King George III was the last King to be crowned by the Tudor Crown and is, to this day, still the King of Britain.  The crown shown here is the Tudor Crown replica known as the St. Edward's Crown:

So, if the Tudor Crown is the true crown of Britain, what is to be made of the Fleurs-de-lis?  The Fleurs-de-lis is not a symbol of France, instead it was a symbol on the Tudor Crown that was selected to represent the honorary French land of Quebec.  When the French arrived in North America to seize the new world from the Brits they were met with much resistance from the French people at home; The citizens of France were pleased with the country of France, and all it had to offer, and wished not to fight for more lands;  The French monarchy forced the citizens to fight and when the French lost the war, the British created Quebec in honor of those who wished not to fight and perished in vain.  And so the Fleurs-de-lis was placed upon the Quebec flag as a symbol of respect and pride in the New World of which the British were solely responsible.

NOTE:  Wikipedia wrongly identified the crown in the New Zealand coat of arms as the St. Edward’s Crown;  It is in-fact the Tudor Crown and this is known by its color: the Tudor Crown is red, the other is purple. This coat of arms is shown below: