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British royal family uses 700-year-old golden throne for King Charles' Coronation, new details
As the British royal family approaches their coronation, new details about the chair's decoration have emerged. King Charles was to be crowned in a coronation ceremony on this golden throne. King Henry VIII, King Char...
Updated: 39 months ago2 min read
As the British royal family approaches their coronation, new details about the chair's decoration have emerged. King Charles was to be crowned in a coronation ceremony on this golden throne. King Henry VIII, King Charles I, Queen Victoria and the late Queen Elizabeth II were crowned on the golden throne. According to a report by
Sky News, the royal chair was covered in graffiti, much of which was carved by Westminster schoolchildren and visitors to Westminster Abbey in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the carvings on the golden chair reads: "P.Abbott slept in this chair on July 5th and 6th, 1800.
Britain's Golden Throne
According to Sky News, the Golden Throne was made for King Edward I in the 1300s and was used to house the famous Stone of Scone, an oak coronation stone. However, there has been much debate as to when exactly the chair was used for the coronation of the first monarch. A king is painted on the back of the chair, which could be Edward the Confessor or Edward I.
The four golden lions that form the base were chiseled in 1727 to replace the original
, which were only added in 1727 at the beginning of the 16th century. The Golden Throne has featured in coronation ceremonies since 1308, but the first confirmed use was at the coronation of King Henry IV in 1399.
For the coronation of King Charles, the chair or throne was decorated with stained glass, gilded and painted with motifs of birds, leaves and animals by the royal master painter. Part of the previously overlooked figure has been found enthroned, according to Kristy Blessley, picture restorer at Westminster Abbey. Blessley found "hitherto unknown toes in the golden back" of what may have been the figure while studying and analyzing the Golden Throne. Blesley said it was a "real privilege" to cleanse the British royal throne.
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