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A whisper of mystery turns all eyes to the throne. Suddenly two or three run others fall

back, so I'm talk, direct, hurry, stand still or disappear. Then three or four of high

rank appear from behind the throne. An interval is left. The crowd scares breathe.

And a being buried in satin feathers and diamonds rolls gracefully into his seat.

The room rises with a sort of feathered silken thunder. Plumes wave, eyes sparkle, glasses

are out, mouth smile, and one man becomes the prime object of attraction to thousands.

The way in which the king bowed was monarchic. As he looked towards the pieresses and foreign

ambassadors, he looked like some gorgeous bird of the east. So that Dominic was a description

by the painter Benjamin Robert Hayden of George IV entering Westminster Abbey for his

people coronation with very much an emphasis on the rolling. Yes, because he was very large

gentleman. He was a man of size. And I've read that from Roy Strong's book Coronation,

History of Comp kingship in the British monarchy. And it actually has George IV on the cover.

He's got a train. I think he's wearing a kind of cloak modelled on Napoleon's. Yeah. Only

designed to be even bigger and better. And there are eight people carrying it. His coronation

was an absolutely splendid occasion, Tom. It was simultaneously vulgar and shambolic,

because it was and incredibly, incredibly expensive. Yes. So all themes that we will be exploring

over this, the final episode of our tour through coronations. And in the second episode, we finished

with the last of the stewards and dying. And she is ceded by George I who comes from Hanover.

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