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The short ceremony, who was attended by more than 180 international dignitaries including Prince Charles, began with the sound of a bell, while Naruhito - wearing a formal brownish-orange robe that was dyed in sappanwood and Japanese wax tree bark and a black headdress decorated with an upright tail – stood perfectly still while a pair of black-robed chamberlains pulled aside and secured the purple curtains surrounding the throne.

At the main ceremony, Naruhito will wear a formal brownish-orange robe that has been dyed in sappanwood and Japanese wax tree bark and a black headdress decorated with an upright tail - as his father did 30 years ago - in a ceremony at Matsu-no-ma, the Imperial Palace’s most prestigious hall.

Naruhito will wear a formal brownish-orange robe that has been dyed in sappanwood and Japanese wax tree bark and a black headdress decorated with an upright tail - as his father did 30 years ago - in a ceremony at Matsu-no-ma, the Imperial Palace’s most prestigious hall.

There is now no indigo made or exported at Quilon, but there is still some feeble export of sappanwood, ginger, and pepper.