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Your invitation to the Coronation
As the Royal church, Westminster Abbey is the site of every Coronation since 1066 and the burial place of Kings, Queens and other great figures. Way2GoGuides lets you discover how it was built on a marshy island, why part of the Coronation Chair was stolen and how criminals were offered sanctuary, lets you re-live the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and take a front row seat for the Coronation.
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SEE
Westminster Abbey website
Kings and Queens
The British Monarchy website has Royal family trees including Anglo Saxon Kings in Chapters 2, 3 and 14.
Britain’s first printed page 1476
William Caxton’s printing shop was next to the Abbey. Zoom in to see it was designed like handwriting. National Archives
Cosmati Pavement
The 13th century mosaic floor close up on the Westminster Abbey website
Coronation of Charles II, 1661
An engraving of the Coronation theatre. British Library
HEAR
Coronation Music
Chapter 8 opens with the anthem “I was Glad” by Sir Hubert Parry. Written for Edward VII’s Coronation in 1902 it has been sung at every Coronation since. Parry also composed the hymn “Jerusalem” which ends Chapter 9. A CD including both is on Amazon
FREE mp3 of “I was Glad”
Download it from iTunes (iTunes required).
Music from the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
Chapter 7 opens with the Requiem by Verdi which was performed at the service. An mp3 of the track on Amazon and a CD of the complete Requiem in a spectacular recording on Amazon
Choir and organ at Westminster Abbey
Hyperion Records sell a wide selection of CDs.
READ
Ian Hamilton’s account of stealing the Stone of Scone
Hamilton was never prosecuted, perhaps to save the embarrassment of proving the stone’s ownership and he later became a prominent lawyer. His book is on Amazon
WATCH
Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953
With the exception of the anointing where cameras had to turn away, it is on YouTube
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Reviewed by: Karen
What a wonderful way to take in so much information. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and look forward to working my way through the rest in the series.
Date Posted : 20/03/2009 17:37:00
