When did you see that? The ruby was on front all the time...
Some thoughts: As a traditionalist I was unhappy with some aspects about clothes and the service.
I thought The King´s purple jacket did not fit to his black trousers at all. Then he wore the traditional bucketed shoes, normally worn with white stockings and breeches. I understand he wanted to modernise things - but that should have been more balanced. Either uniform under coronation robes with fitting boots OR traditional robes, not a mixture! To me it looked odd.
The same with the pages: Page jackets paired with average black trousers...
Then, why this loveless coronation of the Queen! Before I understood it was her turn it was over... No coming forth to the altar, no anointing, just placing the crown while sitting on the chair of state... Never seen such a strange crowning of a Queen consort in Britain before! And why on earth wasn´t she handed her scepters to hold?! When Camilla left the Abbey, it looked strangely "naked" without holding anything in her hands.
Further more I wondered why the royal couple disappeared in the chapel of Edward the confessor after the coronation to return bareheaded and sit in the chairs of state again. This was a completely unnessesary and disturbing interruption without reason. Elizabeth II removed her crown in front of the altar to receive communion. The only time she left the theatre was when she changed her coronation garments into the train of purple velvet at the end. It is ancient custom that a crowned royal couple would not sit on the chairs of state again, but on their thrones in the middle of the theatre.
All in all it occured to me Charles never understood the symbolism and meaning of this particular ceremony...!
The carpet, which, as the Liber Regalis says, has to be a golden one, looked yellow and a bit cheap. I don´t want to start all over again about the King and Queen´s clothes not fitting to the rest of the congregation - or other way round - at all. Even that pretty simple inauguration in the Netherlands, which, in essence, is a "hermine cloaked" administrative act, required long dresses and orders...
I´m sorry, lots to moan about from my point of view, but I was so much looking forward to this event, but the more details got released, the more frustrated I became... I now understand that the UK and the world will never ever see the wonderful tastefully and dignified coronations there were in the 20th century again.
Still I liked the entrance of the royal couple into the Abbey, some pieces of the music and the Queen´s coronation dress. I also liked the fact that members of the royal family wore their order robes, like the Pcss of Wales or the Dchss of Edinburgh!