Over time it has been altered; from the ornate addition of four gilt lions, the national animal of England, in the early 16th century to the destructive graffiti on the back of the chair by ...

The 700-year-old oak chair is described as "extremely fragile" by conservation experts at Westminster Abbey. The painstaking preservation work is intended to clean the chair and stabilise layers ...

The Reverend Dr Jamie Hawkey is Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, and Chair of the Westminster Abbey Institute. He is a Chaplain to HM The King, having first been appointed a Chaplain to HM Queen ...

From 1066 to 2023, Westminster Abbey has served as a coronation site to over 30 English and British monarchs, from William the Conqueror to ...

Image caption, King Edward's Chair has become a tourist attraction at Westminster Abbey. Also known as the Coronation Chair, it is carved from oak and dates back to a point between 1297 and 1300 ...

He made the stone part of a carved oak coronation chair which has been used during the inauguration of 26 Kings and queens at Westminster Abbey since. The stone stayed in England for hundreds of ...

This is the incredible scene where Buckingham Palace was turned into a replica of Westminster Abbey in the lead up ... the scene shows the Coronation Chair at the centre of a mock-up of the ...