Coronation of Queen Victoria
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The coronation of Victoria as queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 18. The ceremony
Sir George Hayter's coronation portrait of the Queen
An illustration from the children's book Peter Parley's Visit to London, During the Coronation of Queen Victoria (1839)
Part of the procession, from a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) tableau, depicting the carriages of the queen's uncles, the royal dukes of Sussex and Cambridge
The carriage of Ahmed Fethi Pasha, the Turkish representative, outside Westminster Abbey
The coronation of William IV and his wife, Adelaide, as king and queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 8 September 1831, over fourteen months after he succeeded to the throne of the Unit
Coronation of Queen Victoria
…parliamentary session in June. It was budgeted at £70,000 (equivalent to £6,700,000 in 2025), which was more than double the cost of the "cut-price" 1831 coronation, but considerably less than the £240,000 (equivalent to £22,800,000 in 2025) spent when George IV was crowned in July 1821. A key element of the plan…
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The Gold State Coach, drawn by eight horses, in the Royal Mews
Cartoon by Robert Seymour mocking the cut-price coronation.