When Is a Chair a Throne? – A Guide to the layout of Westminster Abbey at a Coronation – YouTube

During the course of the coronation in May, the king will be seated in three different chairs – but confusingly

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In Search of the Real Ebenezer Scrooge – Part 1: Jemmy Wood, the Gloucester Miser – YouTube

In 1846 Charles Dickens publishes the famous novel a Christmas Carol, which describes the behaviour of a miserable old miser

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St Edward’s Crown – The Making of the English Coronation Crown – YouTube

In this video, I look at the creation of the English coronation crown, St Edward’s Crown. Created in 1660 for

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Recusants & Royal Servants – A visit to St Mary’s Hainton, Lincolnshire – YouTube

St Mary’s in Hainton in the Lincolnshire Wolds is a very interesting church, which is why you get nearly a

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