Coronation Chair
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The Coronation Chair, also known as St Edward's Chair or King Edward's Chair, is an ancient wooden chair that is used by British monarchs when they are invested with regalia and crowned at their coron
The chair in 2023 without the Stone of Scone, which was returned to Scotland in 1996
The Stone of Scone in the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey, 1859
The Coronation Chair at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023
Cap of maintenance
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Typical of British heraldry, a cap of maintenance, known in heraldic language as a chapeau gules turned up ermine, is a ceremonial cap of crimson velvet lined with ermine, which is worn or carried by
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon with the cap in 2024