King CharlesandQueen Camillaare on their way to the coronation!
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According to the palace, the gilded crown on the top of the Diamond Jubilee State Coach was carved from oak from HMS Victory, and the coach’s interior is inlaid with samples of woods, metals and other materials from buildings and places with specific connections to Britain and its history, including royal residences such as Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse; cathedrals including St. Paul’s and Westminster Abbey; and historic ships, such as the Mary Rose.
The carriage will depart the palace through the Centre Gate and proceed down The Mall, passing through Admiralty Arch and south of King Charles I Island, down Whitehall and along Parliament Street before arriving at Westminster Abbey, where the coronation will begin at 11 a.m. local time.
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Queen Elizabethrode in it to and fromher coronationin 1953 — but with its age, it is a bumpy ride. The monarch, who died in September, reportedly called traveling in the carriage “horrible.”
source: people.com
