700-Year-Old Coronation Chair To Be Renovated For King Charles III

700-Year-Old Coronation Chair To Be Renovated For King Charles III

Buckingham Palace has released details about the various thrones that King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, will use during their formal coronation ceremony on May 6. One of them is “the oldest surviving piece of furniture still used for its original purpose.”

Krista Blessley, Paintings Conservator at Westminster Abbey in London, spent weeks before the coronation giving the incredibly fragile “Coronation Chair,” also known as St. Edwards Chair, a makeover.

Built in 1309, the six-and-a-half-foot tall throne made of Baltic oak has “been used for every coronation of an English monarch, with a few exceptions, since then,” Blessley said.

She said a lot of the renovation work involved “sticking those layers of gilding back down and making sure it’s completely sound before the coronation.”

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Buckingham Palace said St Edward’s Chair would be used, as it has been for centuries, for the “moment of crowning” on Saturday. The late Queen Elizabeth II, Charles’ mother, was the last person to use the Coronation Chair, for her coronation ceremony in 1953. But then, the world watched in black and white, so Blessley wanted to make sure the thrones’ colors shone through this year.

Preparations for Saturday’s coronation are at fever pitch with various parts of Central London decorated with the Union Jack flag.

At the Oxford Street and Regent Street junction, emblems of the May 6 historic event, the first in 70 years, were sandwiched between the rows of five Union Jack flags on display near Oxford Circus station. However, others, such as the ones opposite John Lewis didn’t have the King’s Coronation emblem.

As part of the occasion, one of London’s most famous tourist attractions, Madame Tussauds, is tempting guests with a virtual “Royal Palace” tour. In a post on its website, “Celebrate out eight Royal Coronation with us,” the venue said: “To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, guests visiting The Royal Palace experience will be cordially invited to make their mark on history by signing our special Coronation Book. After which, it will be sealed in our archive and preserved for generations to come, alongside a remarkable collection of artefacts collated from over 200 years of history working alongside the Royal Family.”

Moreover, Madame Tussauds, which has wax figures of famous celebrities like the world’s 100 metres record holder, Usain Bolt, disclosed that: “King Charles III’s figure has been redressed in homage to the outfit His Majesty wore for the first-ever State Banquet of his reign, in November 2022.” Adding, it said:”our wardrobe team spent 140 hours finessing King Charles III’s new look, working with medal specialists and collectors to ensure no detail was forgotten.”

Camilla’s image has also been given a makeover, it announced. According to the centre, “the Queen Consort was very involved in the creation of her first figure in 2007 and had a sitting with our studios team at Clarence House. She also selected the outfit donated the shoes and bag!

“The Queen Consort’s new figure is styled in homage to the outfit she wore to the annual Diplomatic Reception in December 2022, the first of King Charles III’s reign.”

Saturday’s coronation service at Westminster Abbey will be at 11:00am. U.S President, Joe Biden, won’t be attending, but the First Lady is expected to be in the congregation.

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