‘When it passes, you will have this glimpse of gold with the sovereign travelling inside’
In a dazzling display of pomp and splendour, the King and his new Queen will be carried from their coronation in the spectacular Gold State Coach, a majestic eight-horse-drawn carriage that has played a role at every monarch’s coronation since William IV’s in 1831.
The Queen was seated in the coach, which can only be used by British monarchs, at her coronation in 1953, travelling in it both to and from Westminster Abbey. It was last seen in spectacular fashion at her