The Irish State Coach is an enclosed, four-horse-drawn carriage used by the British royal family. It is the traditional horse-drawn coach in which the British monarch travels from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to formally open the new legislative session of the UK Parliament .

The Irish State Coach is a carriage used by the British monarch to ride from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to open Parliament. It was built in 1851 by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is enclosed. It was damaged by fire in 1911. It was restored in …

A state coach, also known as a gala coach, is a highly decorative ceremonial coach used in Europe by a monarch or head of state on state occasions. A four-wheeled vehicle for four passengers, it may be drawn at a walk by six or more horses …

It replaced an earlier six-wheel state coach built in 1851 and used by Queen Victoria in 1861. Comprised within a coach body of only 28 feet long, that coach had three compartments, described as the Anteroom, the Salon and the Boudoir.

2022年5月13日 · “Irish State Coach 351” is one of the more storied railway carriages in Ireland. It was designed for the royal visit of 1904, when King Edward VII was the main beneficiary of its “smoking room”...

The Irish state coach, drawn by four greys and carrying Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the House of Parliament in London.

2018年12月12日 · In 1991 the Managing Director of Irish Rail took the decision to put the coach under cover, dry it out, and see if it could be restored. In 1995 the RPSI was successful in arranging with...

The Irish State Coach is an enclosed, four-horse-drawn carriage used by the British Royal Family. It is the traditional horse-drawn coach in which the Britis...

The coach now used by The Queen at the State Opening of Parliament is known as the Irish State Coach because the original was built in 1851 by a Dublin coachbuilder. Although extensively damaged by fire in 1911, the existing coach was completely restored in 1989.

The state coach was not purely the preserve of Irish heads of state. Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark toured Ireland in 1978 by a special royal train, with their coat of arms on the locomotive. Other heads of state included President Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, who travelled in 1995.