The Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey

Twenty-six monarchs including Her Majesty The Queen on 2nd June 1953 have been crowned in the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey.

The chair which was made about 1300 is the oldest piece of furniture in the UK still used for its original purpose.

In this video, step inside St George’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey where the chair is on public display. View the chair up close in detail and an artist’s impression of how it would have originally looked before centuries of wear and tear took their toll.

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Thanks to Stephen Conlin http://stephenconlin.com and Country Life Magazine for the Coronation Chair illustration. © Stephen Conlin

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Music: Zadok the Priest HWV258 by George Frideric Handel performed by Trinity College Choir Cambridge and the Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Stephen Layton.

Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London.