Editing Peerages in the United Kingdom (section)

=== Coronets and headgear ===
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[[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|thumb|alt=Illustration of a coronet shown from the side with five strawberry leaves visible|left|upright=0.6|Duke/Duchess]]
[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|thumb|alt=Illustration of a coronet shown from the side with three strawberry leaves and two silver balls visible|left|upright=0.6|Marquess/Marchioness]]
[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|thumb|alt=Illustration of a coronet shown from the side with four strawberry leaves and five silver balls on stalks visible|left|upright=0.6|Earl/Countess]]
[[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg|thumb|alt=Illustration of a coronet shown from the side with nine silver balls visible|left|upright=0.6|Viscount/Viscountess]]
[[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|thumb|alt=Illustration of a coronet shown from the side with four silver balls visible|left|upright=0.6|Baron/Baroness]]

In the United Kingdom, a peer wears his or her [[coronet]] on only one occasion: for the [[Coronation of the British monarch|monarch's coronation]], when it is worn along with coronation robes.

*The coronet of a duke or duchess has eight strawberry leaves;
*The coronet of a marquess or marchioness has four strawberry leaves and four silver balls (known as "pearls");
*The coronet of an earl or countess has eight strawberry leaves and eight "pearls" raised on stalks;
*The coronet of a viscount or viscountess has sixteen "pearls" touching one another;
*The coronet of a baron or baroness, or lord or lady of parliament in the Scots peerage, has six "pearls", and a plain circlet lacking the gem-shaped [[Repoussé and chasing|chasing]] of the other coronets.

The robes and coronets used at Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 cost about £1,250{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} (roughly £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|1250|1953|r=-2}}}} in present-day terms).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} (Peers under the rank of an Earl, however, were allowed in 1953 to wear a cheaper "cap of estate" in place of a coronet, as were peeresses of the same rank, for whom a simpler robe was also permitted (a one-piece gown with wrap-around fur cape, designed by [[Norman Hartnell]]).<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

With the Parliament robe, a black hat was customarily worn. The [[State Opening of Parliament#Origins|Wriothesley Garter Book]] provides a contemporary illustration of the 1523 State Opening of Parliament: the two dukes present are shown wearing coronets with their parliament robes, but the other Lords Temporal are all wearing black hats. The Lords Spiritual are wearing mitres with their distinctive robes. Mitres ceased to be worn after the Reformation, and the wearing of hats in Parliament ceased, for the most part, when wigs came into fashion. They survive today only as part of the dress of Lords Commissioners, when they are worn with the parliamentary robe: a bicorn hat for men (of black beaver, edged with silk grosgrain ribbon) and a tricorne-like hat for women. (The use of these hats at introductions of peers to the House was discontinued in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/documents/upload/lln2010-007.pdf|title=Ceremonial in the House of Lords |website=Parliament.uk|access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>)