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The Throne - 1,000 Years of British Coronations (Hardcover)
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The Throne - 1,000 Years of British Coronations (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R436
Discovery Miles 4 360
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In all, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster
Abbey, beginning with Harold II on 6 January 1066. Only two
monarchs - Edward V and Edward VIII - were uncrowned, and a further
twenty or so Scottish monarchs were crowned usually at either Scone
Abbey or Holyrood Abbey. In The Throne, Ian Lloyd will turn his
inimitable, quick-witted style to these key events in British royal
history, providing fascinating anecdotes and interesting facts:
from William the Conqueror's Christmas Day crowning when jubilant
shouts were mistaken by his guards as an assassination attempt to
the dual coronation of William and Mary in 1689, and from the
pared-back 'Half Crown-ation' of William IV to the televised
spectacle of Elizabeth II's 1953 ceremony. With the spectacle of
the first coronation in seventy years promised in May 2023, Lloyd
also introduces key elements of the service, such as the Coronation
Chair made for King Edward I and the famously uncomfortable Gold
State Coach, as well as changes in the Crown Jewels over the
centuries. This will be a bright, accessible celebration of British
culture and the ultimate pomp of royalty.
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