19th April Coronation coach conundrum

It is always a dilemma when planning One's coronation as to which of One's possible coronation coaches One chooses for the big event, whilst managing not to come across as privileged, aloof and out of touch with One's subjects. Welcome to the right royal riddle confronting King Charles and Queen Kermillaaaaaaaa for their big day on May 6th.

Should one choose the Gold State Coach, designed by William Chambers and made by the coachmaker Samuel Butler in 1760, which has been used in every coronation since the 1830s but whose supension hasn't been updated in the last 260 years? 

Or should one ride in the Diamond Jubilee coach first seen in 2014 and featuring materials taken from over 100 historic sites: the seat handrails are from the Royal Yacht Britannia, and the window frames and interior panels include pieces from Caernarfon Castle, Canterbury Cathedral, The Mary Rose (Henry VIII’s flagship), 10 Downing Street, and the Antarctic bases of Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. Plus a much more comfortable experience for One's royal arses featuring as it does 6 hydaulic stabilisers.

Unable to plump for one or the other and in keeping with King Charles wishes to proclaim a new slimmed down monarchy and his eco credentials, Grace Under Pressure can reveal that Charles and Kermillaaaaaaaa will travel to Westminster Abbey on a pair of e scooters and then return back to Buckingham Palace on a set of Boris Bikes. 

This will undoubtedly produce less horse shit on route but probably the same amount of scyophantic bullshit from Nicholas Whitchell and co during the week long coverage.

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