The Coronation Chair was sent for safety to Gloucester Cathedral and the Coronation Stone was buried secretly within the Abbey. The collection of wax ... members of each House attended services at ...

Why does it matter where the monarch sits during their coronation? Watch Dr Susan Jenkins ... to the destructive graffiti on the back of the chair by Westminster schoolboys and visitors to the Abbey ...

Westminster Abbey has served as the coronation church for nearly 1,000 ... and using English stone, oak and lead. The design is likely to have pleased the King, who has been outspoken about ...

and English history when he is crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey. The crown will be placed on Charles' head as he sits in the Coronation Chair suspended over the Stone of Scone (pronounced ...

With a history which stretches all the way back to the 10th century, Westminster Abbey ... but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. Since 1066, the abbey has been the setting ...

For centuries, the stone of destiny ... It was transported to Westminster Abbey for the coronation. The U.K. is the only European country that still uses regalia — symbols of royalty like ...

The Stone of Destiny, a historic symbol of Scottish royalty with origins dating back almost a thousand years, has long been ...

King Edward I called for it to be made in 1296 so that the Westminster Abbey-based chair could also contain the Stone of Scone, the coronation stone of Scotland, also known as the Stone of Destiny.