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Britain’s coronation throne gets revamp after 700 years
Updated On: 02 March, 2023 10:01 AM IST | London | Agencies
The centrepiece of the ceremony sees the crown placed on the head of the monarch sitting on the oak chair, which was originally covered in gold leaf gilding and elaborately decorated with coloured glass
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The chair has been used to crown monarchs since 1399
The historic Coronation Chair on which Henry VIII and other monarchs of England and later Britain have been crowned for some 700 years is getting a makeover ahead of this year’s ceremony for King Charles, London’s Westminster Abbey said.
Charles and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, will be formally crowned on May 6 in a solemn religious ceremony at the Abbey where the coronation of kings and queens has taken place for the best part of a thousand years.
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