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The Gold State Coach is an enclosed eight-horse-drawn carriage used by the Royal Family on grand state occasions, such as coronations, royal weddings, and the jubilees of a monarch. It has been used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV. Until World War II, the coach was the monarch’s usual transport to and from the State Opening of Parliament. The Earl Marshal is responsible for organising the Coronation. Since 1386 the position of Earl Marshal has been undertaken by The Duke of Norfolk. It was the sixteenth Duke of Norfolk who was responsible for The Queen’s Coronation (1953). He was also responsible for the State funerals of Sir Winston Churchill (1965), as well as the investiture of The Prince of Wales (1969). The King has three siblings, two sons, two step-children, five grandchildren and five step-grandchildren. Street parties were a common thing during the Coronation in the UK, but they were also an international hit. In the United States, coronation parties were mounted, one in New York City. Aside from The Queen, the only individuals authorised to wear crowns at the coronation were the Kings of Arms, the United Kingdom’s senior heraldic officials. Garter, Clarenceaux, and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms, who have ‘heraldic jurisdiction’ over England, Wales and Northern Ireland and also the Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland’s heraldic chief.
At the age of 16 years, The King undertook his first official Royal duty in June 1965, attending a student garden party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.In 2023, Anglican churches will mark the coronation by ringing a special peal of bells in an event called ‘Ring for the King – Ringing for the King’s Coronation’. In the build up to Her Majesty’s 75th birthday, The Queen Consort made her Vogue debut in June 2022. The Sovereign’s procession, as it entered the Abbey, was some 250 strong with traditional representatives from Crown, Church and State. It included Church leaders, Commonwealth Prime Ministers, members of the Royal Household, civil and military leaders and the Yeoman of the Guard. The Queen Consort will wear Queen Mary’s Crown at the Coronation. It is the first time a Consort’s crown has been re-used since the 18th century – and will feature diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s personal jewellery collection.
There were some people in the Abbey who were witnessing their fourth Coronation, for example, Her Highness Princess Marie Louise (granddaughter of Queen Victoria). The four coronations were: King Edward VII (1902), King George V (1911), King George VI (1937) and Queen Elizabeth II (1953). Also known as 'The Wedding Ring of England', the Sovereign’s Ring has featured in every coronation since King William IV in 1831, when it was made.
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Her Majesty is the eldest of the three Shand children. The Queen Consort has a sister, Annabel Elliot and a brother, Mark Shand, who sadly passed away in 2014. The coronation was held a year after the accession of The Queen (like almost all Coronations before) for two primary reasons. Not only was time needed to plan and arrange the ceremony, but it has always been believed that because a Monarch accedes usually after the death of the previous that a celebration so soon after would be inappropriate. Edward VIII was never crowned as King. His reign lasted only 325 days. His brother Albert consequently became King, using his last name George, as George VI.
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