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King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will sit on brand new thrones at the King's coronation in May
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Two thrones will be made for the King and Queen Consort’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
The crowning and anointing – the most sacred part of the ceremony – will take place with the monarch sitting in the historic Coronation Chair.
But each monarch also has a Throne Chair – unique to them – for the enthronement part of the ancient ritual, which takes place on a raised dais in Westminster Abbey.
Unlike Prince Philip, Camilla will be crowned alongside the monarch, although she is expected to be seated at a lower level.
The London firm which made the late Queen’s thrones, White Allom and Company,