The Glass Coach stored at The Royal Mews
The Glass Coach This coach carried Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to Westminster Abbey for her wedding to The Duke of York (later King George VI) on 26 April 1923. Twenty four years later, this same coach carried their daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II, to her wedding. It was originally acquired for the 1911 coronation of King George V. Its name comes from the use of glass in all the top panels except the back. The coach has been used for several royal weddings, usually to convey the bride to the ceremony. The interior is lined with blue satin and the exterior panels are painted with the royal arms in the centre, flanked by the heraldry of the Order of the Garter. The coach weighs one tonne. it is usually the second carriage in the procession behind the King’s carriage for the State Opening of Parliament, and carries the ladies-in-waiting and the Master of the Horse.
Size: 5669px × 3777px
Location: The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace Rd, London, SW1W 0QH, England, UK
Photo credit: © John Bingham / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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