HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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At the Abbey entrance known as Poet’s Corner was again refused entry to the of & was escorted back to her carriage by Constables. After she submitted & left the area a large number of spectators blocked streets & smashed windows around in protest.

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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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returned to her Carriage & was driven to where, after again being refused entry, got out & walked unflustered in her elegant Coronation Dress to the rear of through Old Palace Yard & the College Garden.

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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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of Soldiers from the FootGuard camped near with spectators arriving from 3am & Nobility arriving from 5. At 6.30am arrived in Dean’s Yard adjacent to causing an ‘extreme sensation’ when her entry was denied.

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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For this , 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👇 ow.ly/CAXr50Mlslp

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