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The Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, an ornate wooden throne with a high pointed back and gold-painted lion figures at the base. Westminster Abbey: Coronation Chair

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The Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, an ornate wooden throne with a high pointed back and gold-painted lion figures at the base.
Coronation Chair British monarchs sit upon the Coronation Chair for the anointing and the investiture during a coronation.

Coronation Chair

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Coronation Chair, wooden chair that is used when British monarchs are crowned during a coronation. The chair was made in 1300–01 at the request of Edward I and was intended to enclose the Stone of Scone (also called the Stone of Destiny), a block of sandstone that is a symbol of Scottish sovereignty. In 1296 Edward had taken the stone to England so that it could be used in future coronations to symbolize that the monarch reigned over...

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