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Queen Alexandra's State Coach

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19: 226: 37:, Buckingham Palace. It was built around the year 1865, initially as a plain "town coach". Some 30 years later it was glazed and converted into a State Coach for the use of the Princess of Wales (later Queen) 148: 141: 134: 22:
Queen Alexandra's State Coach conveying the Crown and other insignia from the Palace of Westminster following the 2023 State Opening of Parliament.
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it has a variety of uses, but perhaps its best-known regular duty is to convey the
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Carriages
Royal Mews
Alexandra
four-in-hand
coachman
state coaches
Imperial State Crown
Sword of State
Cap of Maintenance
Palace of Westminster
State Opening of Parliament
King's Bargemaster and Watermen
Crown Jewels
Tower of London
river
monarch
Household Cavalry
royal salute
v
t
e
state coaches
1902 State Landau
Australian State Coach
Diamond Jubilee State Coach
Glass Coach
Gold State Coach
Irish State Coach
Lord Mayor of London's State Coach

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