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The impressive Gold State Coach creaks like an “old galleon” as it rolls along, but runs a lot smoother than it used to, the man in charge of its care has revealed. Martin Oates, senior carriage restorer at the Royal Mews, will walk behind the four-tonne carriage in the King’s coronation procession and act as the “brake man” pulling the hand-held T-bar at the back to secure it in place when it stops.
Only a sovereign and their consort are permitted to travel in the historic Gold State Coach, which is more than 260 years old. King Charles and Queen Camilla will use it for the first time on their journey back to Buckingham Palace after being crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 6.
Their outward trip to the abbey will be made in the more comfortable, modern Diamond Jubilee State Coach, which Mr Oates described as more like a car with its mod-cons of air conditioning and hydraulic shock absorbers. Mr Oates said of the Gold State Coach: “When you’re following it, you can hear it creaking so it sounds like an old galleon going along.
“It’s not quite a washing machine, but where other vehicles just go from back to front, this is moving from side to side.” Mr Oates said the four original leather straps which support the body of the Gold State Coach, which dates from 1762, were replaced 15 years ago. “When we actually took them off, they were different sizes,” he said.
"Now they’re all the same size so that could actually help towards the fact that it actually runs a lot better.” Elizabeth II once described her journey to and from the coronation in the bumpy Gold State Coach as “horrible”. A hot water bottle was strapped under her seat to keep her warm during the unseasonably cold day in June 1953.The carriage has been used at
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