It might be graffiti but as a typographer, I have to say: that is some of the most beautiful and artfully crafted graffiti I’ve ever seen. That “J.G.” @2:16 is impeccably incised! Be thankful the students didn’t have cans of spray paint back then...
I went to a state park which used to be a stone quarry. The graffiti from the bored workers with professional tools was amazing, almost like tombstones.
@@mikeoxsbigg1 Without TV and smartphones, they made their own fun by doing all sorts of trivially hideous things. Sleeping on and graffitiing the throne seemed like parts of the childish dare for 1800s Westminster schoolboys.
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today. Every royal after Victoria was a Rothschilds.
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
When I was there on a Wednesday evening in June of 1996 (I think), before the stone was sent back to Scotland and when everyone could still enter St. Edward’s Shine, the guard/guide offered us a folding chair to stand on to better photograph it. And then he offered to let us sit on THE CHAIR. I kind of wish we had in retrospect, but at the time it felt as if the entire abbey might collapse in on us if we dared defile such a sacred object.
@@envitech02 Exactly what went through our minds. The temptation was there and I still ask myself, “what if…” from time to time-what a story to tell! But my reverence for history and the throne it represents kept me off of it.
some of the graffiti looks like scratches but some are so nice it looks like a professional with tools and super neat handwriting went at it (i wonder how long those took..they really must have turned a blind eye to protecting the chair in the past 🙂)
Greetings from the USA. I went to the top of the Washington Monument in DC in the 1980s. IIRC numerous people had carved tiny initials on the metal window panes. Being a typical teenager, I would've added mine too, but didn't have a pocket knife with me. People never change.
If it's fragile, are they going to reinforce it? I hope it holds him up. It kind of making me nervous thinking of what mishap could happen. I hope everything goes well with the coronation.
Some want us to respect their cultural traditions yet forget this is Britains cultural tradition set over the course of 1000 years, before they even considered empire in the early 1600’s. Remember the British isles were invaded themselves by the Normans in 1066, you had the Ottomans invade Turkey and change their religion from Christianity then there were the Spanish Conquistadors who annihilated the Aztec empire. This is the only European monarchy to celebrate a coronation of a monarch. Yes the institution may be outdated and somewhat out of reach but how much does the US President cost each tax-paying citizen when he travels around the world in that private jet or surrounded by those men in suits.
We are watching history replay again in cycles. A new monarch will be coronated in that chair. Speaking of cycles and hostile takeovers of England and vandalism, whenever I look at Stonehenge I can't help but imagine those stones lying on the ground got there during a hostile takeover. Did that event set the stage for the other hostile takeovers, including Roman, Saxon and Norman? It went through several cycles, too. If so, with Russia threatening England, are we all part of the history Stonehenge, part of another cycle?
And, speaking of the Aztecs, I was a Spanish major in school and went to Mexico one summer, and we studied the history and culture of Mexico. Unless new insights have come out, no one knows where the Aztecs came from. My theory is they came from Atlantis, and that when it went down, some went to Mexico as the Aztecs and a small group went to England and they taught the Beakers how to work in stone and built Stonehenge for rites of conflict resolution. Time to return Stonehenge to its historical traditions of conflict resolution, which explains its purpose better than its present use.
Abbotts built the empire the Rothschilds stole and had to discredit the Abbott name with a 200 year attck world wide rewriting history. Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
This was so short, it could have been a 2 episode RUclips short. More details next time! also are there any plans to update/renovate the chair? How long do they estimate it will last?
Makes you wonder what would happen if a king or queen sat in it to be crowned and the whole thing collapsed. Are they still the rightful king or queen?
@@annabellelee4535 Obviously they are artifacts and the continuity is amazing but its not necessary for the monarchy. If the king is dead Long live the King. That has always been and will always be and there is no real need for a crown or a throne thats just added symbolism.
@@kingofrivia1248 🤣🤣🤣It may be considered a bad omen, especially if it collapses and injures the king before he is crowned. Thankfully King Charles is slim, I don't think it would have a chance with a man of Andrew's bulk!
So precious.. and it’s there in the abbey instead of being in a sealed, controlled environment display box with perfect air, temperature and humidity conditions and protection against fungi and insects. These expert people are not so expert after all..
Why isn't it encased and protected in a dust proof temperature controlled enclosure? Honestly, the ridiculously lax way most of these important artifacts and paintings around the world are kept is astonishing.
@@wrichard11 From which time period did you factor your figure for average use? I can hardly think it pertinent to go beyond Queen Victoria -- folks aren't dying from "fever" quite the way they did in Tudor times anymore...
Curators have the ABILITY to take something out of a glass case in a museum. People take care of their comic books better than these precious art pieces - used every 25-70 years or not. It's unreal and indefensible laziness.
@@J-D1995 Do you really believe Charles will make it 70 years? William will probably be in his 50s when he takes the throne. Do you think he will make it 70 years? Elizabeth was an outlier. Do you understand the term "on average"?
That's not what happened. It was left unprotected in the Abbey whilst the students at Westminster School could just roamed freely. The monarchy were only concerned about the chair on Coronations. There was no thought about kids playing on it etc. We really only became concerned with 'heritage preservation' in the 20th century. Probably the second half of the century.
This was my question yesterday while watching the coronation on myself regarding graffiti on the chair and my speculation was true also on how they were there. I had a brief visit in the abbey early this year and can’t remember if I have seen the chair or perhaps didn’t pay attention to it so much while going round with so much to see inside too.
It may well be graffiti, however it's now part of the chairs history, and should be preserved as such. P. Abbott will come to mind at the kings Coronation.
I wonder how did they (the keepers of the coronation chair in the past) even allow visitors to touch and inscribe graffitis on the chair?? The chair should have been kept out of bounds from the visitors, just like any other crown jewels shouldn't it? How did that happen??
It was to discredit the Abbott name Engraved as Owners of the Throne. Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
Realistically though, it's not the chair that has the power to give royal authority, but the Stone of Destiny that is placed underneath it. Just the chair alone is simply just a chair, meaningless without the stone underneath.
@@dukeofglasgow9354 Perhaps that sort of thing should be left to the professionals. Many an antique has been ruined by people slapping on protective laquar.
I recently watched a show on Channel 5 called “Britain’s bloodiest dynasty” which is about the Plantagenets. They disguise the race of the actors using colourisation techniques in post-production. The entire image on-screen is colour filtered to give the images a brown hue. I only realised what was going on when I saw an actor who is unmistakably Indo-Pakistani and then I realised what a sneaky trick this broadcaster is playing on the public. I shouldn’t be surprised though because they did use an Afro-Caribbean actress to play Anne Boleyn in another show but the colourisation disguise is a really subtle and pretty foul trick to play on its indigenous audience about their own history.
No mention of the Destiny Stone? Come on? Really? That incredible recent history and "Nothing" in this video mentions it? Those Scottish boys knew what they were doing!
I went to Greece and people in the early 1800s were horrible for their grafitti. It is said Lord Byron even carved his name into one of the Greek Temples!
Today we would (rightly) shun some putting graffiti on an ancient piece of our heritage - when this graffiti was made, the chair was already hundreds of years old yet ironically it is itself now part of the chair's history There is similar 'historic graffiti' to be seen in Edinburgh and Newcastle castles
?? If they can put Diana's wedding dress behind a glass display case then somebody needs to WAKE UP and put that irreplaceable historic object behind a glass display case as well!
If its so delicate now, I hope they test it by having someone sit on it before Charles sits on it on coronation day. It would be terrible if it collapsed during the ceremony.
Quelles autres facéties pour amuser la galerie y aura-t-il? Roi=service à sa communauté surtout si c’est un roi d’opėrette comme les royautés d’aujourd’hui. Alors de grâce make it simple! Comme Québėcoise, je ne vous suis pas dans toute cette mascarade coûteuse. Tant d’enjeux importants sont au centre des dėbats… dommage que vous n’ayez pas utilisé ce moment-ci pour ėvoluer!
The old throne can not be used full time as the present royals are not real royals, only British Royals can use the chair not Rothschilds Bankers, you prolly ment a new chair from Cosco?
It's in Edinburgh Castle. The Queen returned it to rest in Scotland a few years ago. It was brought down to London for the coronation and return back to rest in Scotland.
I think fhe students from the 18th an 19th century were right to do the graffiti , as it belongs to the people and people clearly back then were more laid back. Now you cant even see it
As an American, I am shocked at the condition of the chair! I always assumed Britain held higher standards for their historical artifacts than America does. Being of British decent, I am heartbroken to see this. I cherish every antique and collectible I own. Most that I have found on the streets cast aside for new, partical board laminate junk.
They do an amazing job at preserving their historical artefacts. The historic graffiti and signs of aging on this 700 year old throne only adds to its fascinating history. For the last century the chair has been completely protected from further “damage”, and preserved in its current state (total restoration would be a terrible idea). But 200+ years ago, medieval furniture was not greatly treasured or respected, and therefore people saw no harm in sitting/ sleeping upon this throne, or even carving their name. Completely different to today.
I agree about the laminate junk being preferred nowadays, but look at it this way; there was a time (Wars of the Roses, latter 15th century) when to touch the chair without being king or without his permission was looked on as treason, because the times were so fractious and troubled. It speaks to the peace and stability enjoyed through much of Britain's history that tourists were able to sleep in it or carve their names in it and no one took any notice. Britain's still there, after all.
It’s a total piece of junk. It’s not just graffitied, there are all kinds of carvings that have been pried off or cut away by the little devils. I really love old furniture, but it’s so wholly damaged, it’s not even worth restoring. Just make a replica and take care of it this time. Also, if you care so much, maybe put a dust cover over it instead of paying a conservator to rub it with goat hairs twice per year.
A throne from the 1300s that has been used in the coronation of every King/ Queen for 700 years is a “piece of junk”… What an incredibly uncultured and ignorant thing to say.
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
They should 3D scan this chair to keep every single detail and character accessible for the public online.
We need more of this! So many amazing objects I'd love to see up close that I'll never be able to in real life.
It’s the biggest reason I want hologram technology.
Great idea.Could 3D print replica for public display
3d scan it so it can be 3d printed
Lovely lady. The gentle way she takes care of the chair is amazing.
It might be graffiti but as a typographer, I have to say: that is some of the most beautiful and artfully crafted graffiti I’ve ever seen. That “J.G.” @2:16 is impeccably incised! Be thankful the students didn’t have cans of spray paint back then...
I was thinking the same thing. The font work was amazing.
Even the vandals had style back then.
The Abbott name was put in by Engravers with the rest of the bs added later.
I am frequently amazed by the quality of the handwriting and carving of these historic graffiti. Quite different from the damage done these days.
They likely had not much else to do.
We're these graffiti artists Abbey priests ?
@@J.Marrs76 They were school children and tourists, also damages from the suffragettes' bomb attack and Scottish nationalists.
I went to a state park which used to be a stone quarry. The graffiti from the bored workers with professional tools was amazing, almost like tombstones.
@@mikeoxsbigg1 Without TV and smartphones, they made their own fun by doing all sorts of trivially hideous things. Sleeping on and graffitiing the throne seemed like parts of the childish dare for 1800s Westminster schoolboys.
My brother restored the gilt and paint on it in 1952 ready for QE 2 to sit on it.
Did they consider regilding the entire chair?
Very cool!
I’m guessing they upholster it for a coronation? Like a temporary upholstery?
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
Every royal after Victoria was a Rothschilds.
I am amazed that the chair is not stored behind glass to protect it from dust
P. Abbott. The man , the myth , the legend
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
When I was there on a Wednesday evening in June of 1996 (I think), before the stone was sent back to Scotland and when everyone could still enter St. Edward’s Shine, the guard/guide offered us a folding chair to stand on to better photograph it. And then he offered to let us sit on THE CHAIR. I kind of wish we had in retrospect, but at the time it felt as if the entire abbey might collapse in on us if we dared defile such a sacred object.
Why are you wishing to sit on, and damage an ancient artifact??????
@@AhhhSukeSuke it wouldn’t be damaged by someone sitting on it. 🤦🏽♀️
How nice of the guard to let tourists sit on the chair. But for me, I would politely decline. It's just not proper.
@@envitech02 Exactly what went through our minds. The temptation was there and I still ask myself, “what if…” from time to time-what a story to tell! But my reverence for history and the throne it represents kept me off of it.
@@envitech02 Well it's not unprecedented. Tourists used to be able to pay to sit on it.
some of the graffiti looks like scratches but some are so nice it looks like a professional with tools and super neat handwriting went at it (i wonder how long those took..they really must have turned a blind eye to protecting the chair in the past 🙂)
sharp tools carve wood like butter
Greetings from the USA. I went to the top of the Washington Monument in DC in the 1980s. IIRC numerous people had carved tiny initials on the metal window panes.
Being a typical teenager, I would've added mine too, but didn't have a pocket knife with me.
People never change.
Oh wow when i went around Westminister Abbey years ago it was openly out on the back of the Abbey. It was high up but not inside glass or anything.
If it's fragile, are they going to reinforce it? I hope it holds him up. It kind of making me nervous thinking of what mishap could happen. I hope everything goes well with the coronation.
If it breaks. He will end up sitting on Stone of destiny which is placed under that chair.
@@Hinata.Sakaguchi the stone of destiny is back in Scotland at the moment
edit my mistake it was brought back down to england for the coronation
@@GlowColourNails
It's still in Scone, actually... If you know, you know.
I love the graffiti. It gives it life and an identity. It's its own time capsule.
Your car could use a bit of life and identity right about now…
Those graffiti add to the character of the chair if you ask me
So you could say that she is the chairperson for the king's coronation.
Some want us to respect their cultural traditions yet forget this is Britains cultural tradition set over the course of 1000 years, before they even considered empire in the early 1600’s. Remember the British isles were invaded themselves by the Normans in 1066, you had the Ottomans invade Turkey and change their religion from Christianity then there were the Spanish Conquistadors who annihilated the Aztec empire.
This is the only European monarchy to celebrate a coronation of a monarch. Yes the institution may be outdated and somewhat out of reach but how much does the US President cost each tax-paying citizen when he travels around the world in that private jet or surrounded by those men in suits.
We are watching history replay again in cycles. A new monarch will be coronated in that chair. Speaking of cycles and hostile takeovers of England and vandalism, whenever I look at Stonehenge I can't help but imagine those stones lying on the ground got there during a hostile takeover. Did that event set the stage for the other hostile takeovers, including Roman, Saxon and Norman? It went through several cycles, too. If so, with Russia threatening England, are we all part of the history Stonehenge, part of another cycle?
And, speaking of the Aztecs, I was a Spanish major in school and went to Mexico one summer, and we studied the history and culture of Mexico. Unless new insights have come out, no one knows where the Aztecs came from. My theory is they came from Atlantis, and that when it went down, some went to Mexico as the Aztecs and a small group went to England and they taught the Beakers how to work in stone and built Stonehenge for rites of conflict resolution. Time to return Stonehenge to its historical traditions of conflict resolution, which explains its purpose better than its present use.
And we elect a new one every four years. Think of the expense wasted in doing that!
Abbotts built the empire the Rothschilds stole and had to discredit the Abbott name with a 200 year attck world wide rewriting history.
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
Send it to the shop great series
the original throne of the Game of Thrones
The war of the roses
@@RandomVidsforthought The Hundred Years’ War before that
@@jo-vf8jx The anarchy before that
@Kim the Cat K
This video is more interesting than coronation ceremony itself
This was so short, it could have been a 2 episode RUclips short. More details next time! also are there any plans to update/renovate the chair? How long do they estimate it will last?
Makes you wonder what would happen if a king or queen sat in it to be crowned and the whole thing collapsed. Are they still the rightful king or queen?
@@annabellelee4535 Obviously they are artifacts and the continuity is amazing but its not necessary for the monarchy. If the king is dead Long live the King. That has always been and will always be and there is no real need for a crown or a throne thats just added symbolism.
@@kingofrivia1248 🤣🤣🤣It may be considered a bad omen, especially if it collapses and injures the king before he is crowned. Thankfully King Charles is slim, I don't think it would have a chance with a man of Andrew's bulk!
Will there be cushions on it-some sort of covering?
@@annabellelee4535 They'd definitely still be king/queen if the chair was destroyed. They become king/queen the second their predecessor dies.
Trained for seven years to use a soft brush. Now that's commitment!!!
They should create a replica and put it in the abbey where people can sit on it
They tried that with the stone of destiny and we all know how that went back in Scone. ;)
So precious.. and it’s there in the abbey instead of being in a sealed, controlled environment display box with perfect air, temperature and humidity conditions and protection against fungi and insects.
These expert people are not so expert after all..
P. Abbot what a lad 🫡
Was now thinking about this ❤❤❤❤
An intricate job for sure…
She is so careful but soon someone in full regalia is going to sit on it, I bet some gold leaf comes off then ....👑
I salute the P. Abbotts of this world.
Through chance you have gained immortality.
Long may you be remembered
Why isn't it encased and protected in a dust proof temperature controlled enclosure? Honestly, the ridiculously lax way most of these important artifacts and paintings around the world are kept is astonishing.
Because it must be used at every coronation. On average every 25 years
@@wrichard11 From which time period did you factor your figure for average use? I can hardly think it pertinent to go beyond Queen Victoria -- folks aren't dying from "fever" quite the way they did in Tudor times anymore...
@@wrichard11 the last coronation was 70 years ago 😂
Curators have the ABILITY to take something out of a glass case in a museum. People take care of their comic books better than these precious art pieces - used every 25-70 years or not. It's unreal and indefensible laziness.
@@J-D1995 Do you really believe Charles will make it 70 years? William will probably be in his 50s when he takes the throne. Do you think he will make it 70 years? Elizabeth was an outlier. Do you understand the term "on average"?
She should carve her name into it for taking such great care of a chair.
i think its kind of sweet that the monarchy allowed children onto it as if they were their own shows a really nurturing side
Yea pedos
That's not what happened. It was left unprotected in the Abbey whilst the students at Westminster School could just roamed freely. The monarchy were only concerned about the chair on Coronations. There was no thought about kids playing on it etc. We really only became concerned with 'heritage preservation' in the 20th century. Probably the second half of the century.
I'm interested in Lions beneath the chair 😊
So.... Charles III will sit in a chair made in 1300?
P.abbot is real legend haha
The chair should be re guilded and the graffiti could still remain underneath as a historical record.
What a great job very cool also .
1:10 what music is that?
Pretty music! :)
So where was the seat from scone placed ?
This was my question yesterday while watching the coronation on myself regarding graffiti on the chair and my speculation was true also on how they were there. I had a brief visit in the abbey early this year and can’t remember if I have seen the chair or perhaps didn’t pay attention to it so much while going round with so much to see inside too.
From what they said during the coronation, the chair is kept in Scotland, with the provision that it can be returned to London just for coronations.
I was wondering whether those marks on the throne were graffiti when King Charles sat on it, indeed they were. hahana😂
Killroy crowned here.
Here in America that’s a DIY repair project waiting to happen. 😝
Flip That Chair!
Homes and Gardens Channel, Thu at 8:00 EST
It may well be graffiti, however it's now part of the chairs history, and should be preserved as such. P. Abbott will come to mind at the kings Coronation.
I wonder how did they (the keepers of the coronation chair in the past) even allow visitors to touch and inscribe graffitis on the chair?? The chair should have been kept out of bounds from the visitors, just like any other crown jewels shouldn't it? How did that happen??
It was to discredit the Abbott name Engraved as Owners of the Throne.
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
Love to see a few particularly Irish names carved into the chair... "O'BRIAN" and a very Prominent "KENNEDY" right in the top of the back.
The person who was in charge who came back to see the graffiti on the chair must have had a shock... "Oh shhhhhugar"
why not just cover it so it does not get dusty??
Because then no one would be able to see it!
Nothing lasts forever. Let it shine while it lasts.
Queen Diana ❤
fictional queen...
why cant they put in in a case while it is not being used
No point they will need it again soon. 😟
@@mikepxg6406 it was useless for 70 years and 214 days
I think the throne... Should be covered with gold cloth drapes over it loops on the corners
Realistically though, it's not the chair that has the power to give royal authority, but the Stone of Destiny that is placed underneath it. Just the chair alone is simply just a chair, meaningless without the stone underneath.
Instead of dusting put it in an air cleaned glass container
It's a long tradition to carve initials into wooden furniture in England.
Yeah typical engerlish yob mentality.Nothings changed eh?
@@janegardener1662 yeah,they all are.
@@Dinobaburas.it’s seems our success has caused some controversy
Why not varnish it to preserve it?
Really!!!!!! wow
Modern wood preservative will cause damage to the chair.
@@dukeofglasgow9354 Perhaps that sort of thing should be left to the professionals. Many an antique has been ruined by people slapping on protective laquar.
Varnish won't preserve it. It will damage it more.
Yet she is breathing all over it 😂😂😂
I recently watched a show on Channel 5 called “Britain’s bloodiest dynasty” which is about the Plantagenets. They disguise the race of the actors using colourisation techniques in post-production. The entire image on-screen is colour filtered to give the images a brown hue. I only realised what was going on when I saw an actor who is unmistakably Indo-Pakistani and then I realised what a sneaky trick this broadcaster is playing on the public. I shouldn’t be surprised though because they did use an Afro-Caribbean actress to play Anne Boleyn in another show but the colourisation disguise is a really subtle and pretty foul trick to play on its indigenous audience about their own history.
The graffiti ads a common man element. Shouldn't be removed.
Where’s the coronation stone underneath?
According to the crown, in storage.
According to history.... It never left Scone...
I remember seeing the chair and was surprised about the graffiti.
No mention of the Destiny Stone? Come on? Really? That incredible recent history and "Nothing" in this video mentions it? Those Scottish boys knew what they were doing!
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I went to Greece and people in the early 1800s were horrible for their grafitti. It is said Lord Byron even carved his name into one of the Greek Temples!
1:07
those carving in the wood, graffiti or some meaningful words?
She studied for 8 years to dust.
Glad to see she's overcoming gender stereotypes.
Today we would (rightly) shun some putting graffiti on an ancient piece of our heritage - when this graffiti was made, the chair was already hundreds of years old yet ironically it is itself now part of the chair's history
There is similar 'historic graffiti' to be seen in Edinburgh and Newcastle castles
Funny how grafitti gains historical value once it gets old enough
?? If they can put Diana's wedding dress behind a glass display case then somebody needs to WAKE UP and put that irreplaceable historic object behind a glass display case as well!
If its so delicate now, I hope they test it by having someone sit on it before Charles sits on it on coronation day. It would be terrible if it collapsed during the ceremony.
Do not fear: Charles bottom is equal to the rest of his noble person: no weight at all.
If this was the US, instead of the UK, that chair would still look brand new, because our elders would’ve had plastic covers in it!
😂
Shout out to my homie P. Abbott
Is this chair open to the public to run up and jump on it?? It wouldn't surprise me.
Not now, but a couple of hundred years ago, it apparently was.
So how soft is Charles gonna sit on the chair if it’s fragile?
Quelles autres facéties pour amuser la galerie y aura-t-il? Roi=service à sa communauté surtout si c’est un roi d’opėrette comme les royautés d’aujourd’hui. Alors de grâce make it simple! Comme Québėcoise, je ne vous suis pas dans toute cette mascarade coûteuse. Tant d’enjeux importants sont au centre des dėbats… dommage que vous n’ayez pas utilisé ce moment-ci pour ėvoluer!
We *beat* the Monarchy. Someone please tell the Press.
It’s not graffiti, it’s a part of history. Someone hand me a knife so I can add my name for people 200 years in the future!
why not a new THRONE
They have a throne, this is the coronation chair.
The old throne can not be used full time as the present royals are not real royals, only British Royals can use the chair not Rothschilds Bankers, you prolly ment a new chair from Cosco?
Where is the rock that was under it, or am I thinking of another chair?
It's in Edinburgh Castle. The Queen returned it to rest in Scotland a few years ago. It was brought down to London for the coronation and return back to rest in Scotland.
The graffiti makes the chair better
Where is the stone of David A.S
I think fhe students from the 18th an 19th century were right to do the graffiti , as it belongs to the people and people clearly back then were more laid back. Now you cant even see it
Wait a moment, where is the coronation stone? It seems to be missing.
They are going to send it down from Scotland in time for the coronation. Then it will be sent back.
@@redmi9834 I don't trust them to send it back.
Why don't they restore the thing? Honestly I love history and a historic chair is great, but restore it to its glory.
Some guys are pretty tuned…
In the Future. They will interpret it differently. Archeologist will say P Abbot is a lost Minor King 😂
As an American, I am shocked at the condition of the chair! I always assumed Britain held higher standards for their historical artifacts than America does. Being of British decent, I am heartbroken to see this. I cherish every antique and collectible I own. Most that I have found on the streets cast aside for new, partical board laminate junk.
But the graffiti itself is also now hundreds of years old and part of its history
They do an amazing job at preserving their historical artefacts. The historic graffiti and signs of aging on this 700 year old throne only adds to its fascinating history. For the last century the chair has been completely protected from further “damage”, and preserved in its current state (total restoration would be a terrible idea). But 200+ years ago, medieval furniture was not greatly treasured or respected, and therefore people saw no harm in sitting/ sleeping upon this throne, or even carving their name. Completely different to today.
Some of the graffiti is as old as your country. It's part of the history of the chair now and one wouldn't wish it gone.
I agree about the laminate junk being preferred nowadays, but look at it this way; there was a time (Wars of the Roses, latter 15th century) when to touch the chair without being king or without his permission was looked on as treason, because the times were so fractious and troubled. It speaks to the peace and stability enjoyed through much of Britain's history that tourists were able to sleep in it or carve their names in it and no one took any notice. Britain's still there, after all.
If you did that now you’d go to jail. That thing’s a thousand years old.
Not ready?
This whole fiasco is just a waste of taxpayers money.
when the cameras are off, they just wipe ot down with lemon pledge
Jesus is my King❤
Amen mine too!
Mazal tov.
That thing doesn’t look strong enough to hold king charles😂
It's fragile ... It's ok, he only has to sit on it 😂
if you actually watched the video , It's the Finnish that's fragile
It’s a total piece of junk. It’s not just graffitied, there are all kinds of carvings that have been pried off or cut away by the little devils. I really love old furniture, but it’s so wholly damaged, it’s not even worth restoring. Just make a replica and take care of it this time. Also, if you care so much, maybe put a dust cover over it instead of paying a conservator to rub it with goat hairs twice per year.
A throne from the 1300s that has been used in the coronation of every King/ Queen for 700 years is a “piece of junk”… What an incredibly uncultured and ignorant thing to say.
end mondarchy
Interesting that the graffiti is talked about so much, and not the chair itself. Almost as if it is is wearing a disquise
King "Abbott the Great". No wonder he fell asleep with the boring and exhausting ceremonies.....
Imagine attacking the chair with Graffiti and hiding the Abbott name with a silly story and attacking the Abbott name for two hundred years of history across the empire, just like they are doing with Trump today.
Just so you know, I was the 667th like. Sorry Satan, not today...
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I say get a builder to make you another one.
It’s a shame the Abby didn’t take better care of it!
It’s a piece of history BECAUSE it IS used… !!! Americans need to mind your own business 🙄🇬🇧
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Us Americans are so obsessed with preserving history, because we have none.X"D