![]() ![]() The Throne is a gilded chair upholstered in pink silk, almost like the kind of thing you see in the drawing room of an Irish Roman Catholic prelate. I could see the Throne itself on the “theatre” which is a golden carpeted space at the crossing of the Transepts. ![]() I was at the west of the South Transept sitting among many distinguished admirals, the least decorated and the least important person within sight. I had what must have been one of the best seats in the Abbey. We're very proud to reproduce that article now - The Queen's Coronation: In The Abbey by John Betjeman. The late, great Poet Laureate John Betjeman was among the congregation when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953 - and he wrote about it for Country Life. Country Life's Top 100 architects, builders, designers and gardeners. ![]()
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