At the Abbey entrance known as Poet’s Corner #QueenCaroline was again refused entry to the #Coronation of #GeorgeIV & was escorted back to her carriage by Constables. After she submitted & left the area a large number of spectators blocked streets & smashed windows around #London in protest.
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#QueenCaroline returned to her Carriage & was driven to #WestminsterHall where, after again being refused entry, got out & walked unflustered in her elegant Coronation Dress to the rear of #WestminsterAbbey through Old Palace Yard & the College Garden. #Coronation #GeorgeIV
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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#Coronation of #GeorgeIV Soldiers from the FootGuard camped near #WestminsterHall with spectators arriving from 3am & Nobility arriving from 5. At 6.30am #QueenCaroline arrived in Dean’s Yard adjacent to #WestminsterAbbey causing an ‘extreme sensation’ when her entry was denied.
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For this #WatchWednesday, we continue with last week's question, "How do you divorce a Queen?" Find out about the popular support for Queen Caroline, and the impact this affair had on political activism in the nineteenth century👇 http://ow.ly/CAXr50Mlslp
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